Welcome to the
Department of Statistical Sciences
at Wake Forest University
Mission Statement: The mission of the Department of Statistical Sciences is to educate students to become leaders and advocates for sound statistical reasoning, and to improve our society through innovative statistical and interdisciplinary research. To succeed in this mission, the Department will:
- Offer a premier undergraduate educational experience to Statistics, Applied Statistics and Mathematical Business majors, preparing each for successful careers as well as further graduate study.
- Offer a personalized Master’s program in Statistics, creating pathways into the field and opportunities for mentored research.
- Contribute to the advancement of the statistical sciences through peer-reviewed research and scientific collaborations across disciplines.
- Support the wider Wake Forest community with high quality general statistics education offerings.
- Students Share Summer ExperiencesOur students have been busy this summer! A few of them were kind enough to share some highlights from their summer experiences. Bukola Emi-Johnson (MS Student in Statistics) 💼 This summer, Bukola worked for Syngenta, one of the world’s leading agricultural companies, as an IT and Digital Intern. 🚜 Bukola created an innovative data dashboard […]
- Graduating Seniors featured in the Old Gold & BlackApplied Statistics: Abby Draeger In addition to completing her major in applied statistics, Draeger also completed a minor in computer science and mathematics. When about how she managed to complete such an ambitious workload, she smiled. Full article. Statistics: Hanna Vaidya Determined to pursue statistics, Hanna Vaidya chose Wake Forest for its relatively new statistics […]
- As we enter the last week of the semester, we’re celebrating our soon-to-be Masters graduates! Check some of them out!
- Distinguished Lecture in Statistics & BiostatisticsEducation, Collaboration, Leadership: It’s What We Do Leslie McClure, PhDDean, College for Public Health and Social Justice, St Louis UniversityBiotech Auditorium Room 151; Tuesday, April 16th 4:00pm The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a statistician as: “one versed in or engaged in compiling statistics.” However, the role of a statistician is much, much more. In this talk, […]
- Colloquium: Flexible Regression Models for Dispersed Count DataFlexible Regression Models for Dispersed CountData Kimberly Sellers, NC State University ZSR Auditorium, Tuesday, March 26th 11:00am Poisson regression is a popular tool for modeling count data and is applied in a vast array of disciplines. Real data, however, are often over- or under-dispersed relative to a Poisson model and, thus, are not conducive to […]