Statistics as a Profession – Statistician as an Occupation : Observations and Comments from a Panel of Experts

Statisticians rarely devote as much attention to their profession as it does deserve, including such fundamental questions as what actually constitutes statistics today - as a discipline in relation to others, primarily to mathematics and observation-based sciences (theoretically or applied oriented), on one side, and in researching and teaching, on the other. Especially, given its inherent dynamics and externally caused transition to new stages of its permanent development, and what is their – statisticians' – own view of their occupational status, including who actually should unambiguously be considered statistician. And how s/he ought to be prepared through education and training system to play this important role in various domains – in academia and policy making, as well as in private life and business management. Therefore, any occasion to exchange views on such dual aspects (disciplinary and occupational status) among experts during scientific meetings seems to be worth of reporting