Department of Statistics

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Overview

The Department of Statistics is housed in Haas Hall and the Mathematical Sciences Building. The main office, the graduate office, and some of the department’s faculty, staff, and student offices are located on the first and second floors of HAAS. The rest of the faculty, staff, and graduate students are located on the fifth, second, and ground floors of the MATH building. The Department’s Graduate program is ranked in the top 10 by U.S. News and World Report, April 2008.

There are 39 tenured and tenure-track professors, 3 emeriti faculty, 5 adjunct faculty members, 7 visiting professors and 17 lecturers who form the Department of Statistics faculty. Visiting Scholars from all over the world enrich the group.

The Department of Statistics has about 433 undergraduate students majoring in statistics and/or actuarial science (a joint major with the Department of Mathematics).

The Department of Statistics has 114 graduate students, 70 are Ph.D. Students and 44 are M.S. students.

Faculty

Department of Statistics Website

Contact Information

Department of Statistics
Purdue University
250 N. University Street
West Lafayette, IN 47907-2066
USA

Phone:1-765-494-6030
Fax:1-765-494-0558
Administrative Contacts
Department Head: Hao Zhang zhanghao@purdue.edu
Associate Head: Tom Sellke tsellke@purdue.edu
Assistant to the Head: Jesse Wallenfang jwallenf@purdue.edu

Graduate Information

For Graduate Information please see Statistics Graduate Program Information .

Programs

• Applied Statistics, BS
• Data Science, BS (Statistics)
• Statistics - Math Emphasis, BS
• Statistics Honors, BS

• Statistics Minor

• Data Science First Year (Statistics)

Courses

• STAT 11300 - Statistics And Society
• STAT 17000 - Introduction To Actuarial Science
• STAT 18300 - Cooperative Work Experience I
• STAT 18400 - Cooperative Work Experience II
• STAT 19000 - Topics In Statistics For Undergraduates
• STAT 22500 - Introduction To Probability Models
• STAT 24200 - Introduction To Data Science
• STAT 25000 - Problems Solving In Probability
• STAT 28400 - Cooperative Work Experience III
• STAT 29000 - Topics In Statistics For Undergraduates
• STAT 30100 - Elementary Statistical Methods
• STAT 31100 - Introductory Probability
• STAT 35000 - Introduction To Statistics
• STAT 35500 - Statistics For Data Science
• STAT 38199 - Professional Practice Co-Op I
• STAT 38299 - Professional Practice Co-Op II
• STAT 38399 - Professional Practice Co-Op III
• STAT 38600 - Cooperative Work Experience IV
• STAT 39000 - Topics In Statistics For Undergraduates
• STAT 41600 - Probability
• STAT 41700 - Statistical Theory
• STAT 42000 - Introduction To Time Series
• STAT 47201 - Actuarial Models- Life Contingencies
• STAT 47301 - Introduction To Arbitrage-Free Pricing Of Financial Derivatives
• STAT 47500 - Life Contingencies II
• STAT 47901 - Short Term Actuarial Models
• STAT 48700 - Cooperative Work Experience V
• STAT 49000 - Topics In Statistics For Undergraduates

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