Biostatisticians and epidemiologists will play a role in solving the coronavirus crisis and helping to normalize our world. These professionals, who use standard statistical processes to address ...

In this new work, statistical mechanics is used to understand how different mathematical models "compete" when trying to explain a system. This matters because many scientific fields rely on ...

Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Understanding statistics is a crucial skill in today's data-heavy world. A minor in statistics can complement almost any major, from anthropology to sports management. In the statistics minor, you'll ...

The perennial question facing all banks is, “What volume of lending in Majority-Minority census tracts and mortgages extended to minority home borrowers must we do to avoid redlining allegations by ...

Every month, the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) releases the unemployment rate, one of the most closely watched economic indicators. Financial markets, policymakers and the media often focus ...