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Pursue a career in statistics - Amanda Lee encourages persons to become statisticians

Becoming a statistician was never something that Amanda Lee had planned on doing. In fact, when the 27-year-old St Hugh’s High School past student started The University of the West Indies (UWI), Mona, her career goal was to become an economist. “I...

Source: Jamaica Gleaner

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