Kerry Whisnant, an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and professor of physics at Iowa State University, may be on to something that will greatly impact team winning percentages. Mathematical models that he and other fanatic baseball statisticians have helped produce may accurately predict teams' successes. Whisnant and other members of the Society for American Baseball Research have analyzed...
Careers & Math Used
According to the Wall Street Journal:
Mathematician is considered the Best Job of All Jobs.
Mathematicians median annual income was pegged at $94,160.
The top 3 jobs on the list were:
1. Mathematician
2. Actuary
3. Statistician
5 of the 6 “Best Jobs” in terms of low stress, high compensation, autonomy, and hiring demand in the “Job Related Almanac” by Les Krantz are all math related.
"The top 15 highest-earning college degrees all have one thing in common -- math skills. That's according to a recent survey from the National Association of Colleges and Employers, which tracks college graduates' job offers." (read more)
The following is a list of careers that use math and their respective high-end salaries. Click on a career title for more information.
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"I feel my training in mathematics provided me with the invaluable ability to apply logic, reason, and careful quantitative, as well as qualitative, analysis to my work. These thought processes are desired and applicable to almost any field."
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