The CSS implements its primary mission through direct research activities of its members and through supporting activities in coordination, education, and service. Statistics is concerned with the design, modeling, and explication of stochastic phenomena, so that decisions can be made and inferences drawn in the face of uncertainty. The development of informative statistical methods blends the skills of applied mathematics, probability, scientific philosophy, computer science with subject-matter expertise. Locating the Center for Statistical Sciences in the Graduate School of Business provides access to management problems and is consistent with the emphasis of the statistics program on developing applications.
Few universities have statistics units with substantial orientation towards real applications.
To our knowledge, none defines its mission in such terms. Last updated 2 December 1996. Please submit your questions or comments to Statistics .