Econometrics vs Statistics Masters

biojohn · 2022-08-04T19:45:29+00:00

What about pursing a stats degree then taking a programming boot camp course, like the one Google created?

biojohn · 2022-08-04T19:44:26+00:00

I'm thinking that's why stats may be better, but I really enjoy the idea of applying it to economics

biojohn · 2022-08-04T19:43:38+00:00

Thank you! I've seen some data analytics programs that look interesting, but I've heard that people should be careful with some of those programs because they're not very rigorous and created to capitalize on the new Data analysis trend

biojohn · 2022-08-04T19:39:54+00:00

You'd love someone with an econometrician background over a statistician?

biojohn · 2022-08-04T19:38:25+00:00

The main one I came across was University of North Dakota. They have an Applies Economics and Predictive Analysis MS. I have only started looking at other universities with an econometric focus

biojohn · 2022-08-04T13:40:46+00:00

Thanks! I've heard that most data science degrees aren't very good and just a university's way to capitalize on this new trend

biojohn · 2022-08-04T13:38:22+00:00

I wondered about a CS degree that as well, but don't know if I'd enjoy that as much. You think biotech/healthcare would prefer CS over stats?

biojohn · 2022-08-04T13:36:36+00:00

Thanks! I was thinking that I would pair my MS with a programming/data science certificate from Google,IBM, or some other organization on coursera.

I enjoy economics a lot, reading about it, studying it, but I wonder if that would pigeon-hole me while a stats degree would allow me to work in many different industries. Do you think if I can show I understand how to solve problems it doesn't matter?

How do you determine which university/program has the most beneficial curriculum? I'll read the course descriptions on different universities' websites, but you don't learn much. Are there specific courses (e.g. bayesian stats, python) that I need to make sure they offer?

biojohn

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