Hello Everyone:wave:,
So I have a couple of questions that I am hoping to bounce off of some people in order to help make a couple of decisions about my stats path.
Right now, I am a Math with a concentration in Probability and Statistics major in a college in Denver, CO. I am towards the end of my degree and I am starting to consider graduate school in Statistics.
Unfortunately, I am experiencing severe burnout of academia life, and I am considering going the non-traditional route of doing a distance masters since I would like to do classes where I don't have to be sitting in a classroom for hours at a time and I can go back to working a full-time job. I already have a program in mind which is the Master's of Applied Statistics at Colorado State University, but what I am afraid of with this degree is that with this MAS I won't be taken really seriously out in the job market. The description of the courses is listed here: http://www.stat.colostate.edu/students/MAS descriptions.html
I have no intentions of ever getting a PhD, and I really do not dig theory enough to get a regular MS in Stats, but I am just worried about being looked down upon by others since I didn't get a full blown MS. I was wondering if someone could give me some perspective into how something like a MAS is perceived in the job market and whether or not I should go for it?
Also, I am a Women Studies minor, so I would like to get into a job that would probably be in the nature of Social Science research or work. I was hoping if anyone would have any suggestions of where I could go to start looking for that type of work.
Thanks!
Alisa
So I have a couple of questions that I am hoping to bounce off of some people in order to help make a couple of decisions about my stats path.
Right now, I am a Math with a concentration in Probability and Statistics major in a college in Denver, CO. I am towards the end of my degree and I am starting to consider graduate school in Statistics.
Unfortunately, I am experiencing severe burnout of academia life, and I am considering going the non-traditional route of doing a distance masters since I would like to do classes where I don't have to be sitting in a classroom for hours at a time and I can go back to working a full-time job. I already have a program in mind which is the Master's of Applied Statistics at Colorado State University, but what I am afraid of with this degree is that with this MAS I won't be taken really seriously out in the job market. The description of the courses is listed here: http://www.stat.colostate.edu/students/MAS descriptions.html
I have no intentions of ever getting a PhD, and I really do not dig theory enough to get a regular MS in Stats, but I am just worried about being looked down upon by others since I didn't get a full blown MS. I was wondering if someone could give me some perspective into how something like a MAS is perceived in the job market and whether or not I should go for it?
Also, I am a Women Studies minor, so I would like to get into a job that would probably be in the nature of Social Science research or work. I was hoping if anyone would have any suggestions of where I could go to start looking for that type of work.
Thanks!
Alisa