Statistics

Return to: Curricula by Department

Graduate Information

OFFICE: Geology/Mathematics/Computer Science 413
TELEPHONE: 619-594-6191

Faculty

Michael E. O’Sullivan, Ph.D., Professor of Mathematics, Chair of Department
Chii-Dean Lin, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics, Associate Chair of Department
Juanjuan Fan, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
Richard A. Levine, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
Kung-Jong Lui, Ph.D., Professor of Statistics
Barbara Ann Bailey, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics
Jianwei Chen, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Statistics
Jorge Carlos Román, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Statistics

Associateships

Graduate teaching associateships in statistics and biostatistics are available and are awarded on a competitive basis by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. Application forms and additional information may be secured from the office of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics.

General Information

The Department of Mathematics and Statistics offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree in statistics. Students may pursue either the general degree or a concentration in biostatistics that emphasizes statistical methods and applications in the biological, health, and medical sciences.

Statisticians and biostatisticians are engaged in the acquisition and use of knowledge through the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data. Today, almost all disciplines - from economics to engineering, from social science to medicine - employ statistical methods. Such methods are essential in studying relationships, predicting results, and making informed decisions in many different contexts. This diversity of application of this field has stimulated the current demand for well-trained statisticians and biostatisticians at all degree levels.

The Master of Science degree provides advanced training, with emphasis on statistical methodology, and prepares students for careers in industry and government as applied statisticians or biostatisticians, or for entry into a doctoral program in statistics or biostatistics.

As part of the degree requirements, graduate students conduct theses or research projects under the guidance of faculty with active research interests in most general areas of probability, statistics, and biostatistics. These research areas include biostatistical methods, survival analysis, mathematical demography, data analysis, inference, stochastic processes, time series, Bayesian statistics, categorical data analysis, statistical computing, non-parametric statistics, sample surveys, multivariate analysis, linear models, experimental design, and clinical trials.

The graduate programs can prepare students for a teaching career.

Admission to Graduate Study

All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the university with classified graduate standing, as described in Part Two of this bulletin.

Advancement to Candidacy

All students must satisfy the general requirements for advancement to candidacy as described in Part Four of this bulletin.

Return to: Curricula by Department