1st Edition

Building Your Career as a Statistician A Practical Guide to Longevity, Happiness, and Accomplishment

Edited By Craig Mallinckrodt Copyright 2024
366 Pages 25 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

366 Pages 25 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

366 Pages 25 Color & 8 B/W Illustrations
by Chapman & Hall

This book is intended for anyone who is considering a career in statistics or a related field, or those at any point in their career with sufficient work time remaining such that investing in additional learning could be beneficial. As such, the book would be suitable for anyone pursing an MS or PhD in statistics or those already working in statistics. The book focuses on the non-statistical... Read more

Part 1. Working with Self

1. Introduction
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2. Productivity, Prioritization and Work-Life Balance
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3. Creativity and Innovation
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4. Communication
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5. Critical Thinking and Decisions Under Uncertainty – Individual Factors
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Part 2. Working with Others

6. Critical Thinking and Decision Making - Groups and Organizational Factors
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7. Influence and Leadership
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8. Effective Work Relationships
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Part 3. Planning and Growing

9. Career Planning and Continued Learning
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10. Craig's List
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11. Road Map
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Part 4. Other Perspectives

12. Perspectives on Career: Christy Chuang-Stein
Christy Chuang-Stein

13. Perspectives on Career: Marc Buyse
Marc Buyse

14. Perspectives on Career: Geert Molenberghs
Geert Molenberghs

15. A Final Word
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Biography

Craig Mallinckrodt is a Distinguished Biostatistician at Pentara Corporation.. He is a Fellow of the American Statistical Association and he won the Royal Statistical Society’s award for outstanding contribution to the pharmaceutical industry. He has extensive industry and academic working experience, holding technical positions from entry level to Vice President. Craig has led industry working groups and he has published extensively on a wide variety of clinical and methodological topics, most notably, missing data, estimands, and various aspects of clinical development optimization.