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The OOH can help you find career information on duties, education and training, pay, and outlook for hundreds of occupations. Funeral service workers organize and manage the details of a funeral. Insurance underwriters decide whether to provide insurance and under what terms. They evaluate insurance applications and determine coverage amounts and premiums. Computer and information research scientists invent and design new approaches to computing technology and find innovative uses for existing technology. They study and solve complex problems in computing for business, medicine, science, and other fields. Mathematicians conduct research to develop and understand mathematical principles. They also analyze data and apply mathematical techniques to help solve real-world problems. Atmospheric scientists study the weather and climate, and how those conditions affect human activity and the earth in general. Economists study the production and distribution of resources, goods, and services ...