Also called: Tabulation Specialist, Survey DP Specialist
Cleans survey data and turns it into the tables and charts researchers use.
You remove speeders and junk answers from a survey file, run hundreds of cross-tabs and check the numbers add up before they go to the client.
Approximate: anchored on Bureau of Labor Statistics data for a broader job group.
Associate's degree (2-year), about 2 years after high school. Associate or bachelor's degree; skills in Excel, SPSS or Python.
Ways in: 2-year college, 4-year college, On-the-job training. Training cost: Under $15k.
Majors to look at: Statistics, Business.
Growing slowly. Shrinking as automation grows.
High risk for 10 years. Automated tabulation and AI tools now clean data and build cross-tabs, so dedicated processing jobs are disappearing.
Classes: AP Statistics, AP Computer Science Principles, Spreadsheets or computer applications.
Official data: O*NET occupation 43-9111.
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