The reason I was able to transfer from those roles into a statistician, originally in government and then through into data, is that inherent understanding of hypothesis testing and being quantitative in the analysis that I did as a scientist. The essence of good scientific training is hypothesis testing and asking questions. This is where my interest in data comes from.
There's an awful lot of data in our organisations, but there is no value to it unless it's giving us insights and information that helps us to run the business, gain insights, or help make decisions.
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