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Reporting Analyst: history and fun facts

Everything a curious kid might want to know about this job.

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Reporting analysts are a bit like detectives. They search for clues hidden in numbers!

Through history

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    Long ago

    People kept records of goods and money by writing marks on clay tablets and paper. Counting and recording information has been important for a very long time!

Tools of the trade

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Chart

A chart turns lots of numbers into a picture. Bars, lines, and circles help people see the story in the numbers at a glance.

A day in the job

  • MorningThe analyst checks the newest numbers on the computer. Then they open a chart to see what changed since yesterday.

Words to know

Pattern
A pattern is something that happens again and again in the numbers. Finding a pattern helps people guess what might happen next.

Quiz time

  • A reporting analyst only works with numbers and never talks to other people.