Operations research analysts use advanced mathematical and analytical methods to help organizations solve problems and make better decisions.
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- Operations Research Analysts
- Business, Management and Administration
What do they typically do
- Use statistical analysis or simulations to analyze information and develop practical solutions to business problems
- Identify and define business problems such as those involved in producing items, coordinating their delivery, or selling them
- Make mathematical or simulation models of problems that connect constants and variables, restrictions, alternatives, conflicting objectives, and their numerical parameters
- Examine information to figure out what is relevant to the problem and how to analyze the information
- Write memos, reports, and other documents to outline their findings and recommendations for managers, executives, and other officials
- Gather workers' feedback so that they can help solve the problem
- Advise managers and other decision makers about the effects of different actions for solving a problem
- Collect and organize information from a variety of sources such as computer databases
Number of Jobs
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Job Growth +2.4%
Job Opening 309
Education & Training
- Education Most require a graduate degree like a master's, Ph.D., M.D., or law degree.Associated Programs or MajorsLicense
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