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Statistics
Introduction
Research
Academic Programs
Contact Information
Introduction
A key challenge facing business, government, and academia is how to effectively
interpret the vast amount of data generated in the world today. Statistical
models and techniques allow experts to draw inferences and make decisions
under conditions of partial information and uncertainty.
Statistics Department faculty at Wharton, who serve as a resource for
the entire university, are pushing traditional methodology beyond classical
assumptions, models, and conditions. The department's strengths and activities
focus on the interface of statistics and computer science, nonparametric
function estimation, the design and analysis of observational studies,
model selection, game theory, time series, the application of probability
to the theory of algorithms, information theory, and survey sampling.
Research
Major areas of research currently pursued by the Statistics Department's faculty include:
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Application of probability models to marketing in optimal product design
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Methods for analyzing data when confidentiality of individual records needs
to be maintained
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Application of time-series analysis to financial economics
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Methods for DNA sequence analysis
Departmental faculty participate in the activities of the following Wharton
and University research centers:
Academic Programs
The Statistics Department offers concentrations in statistics at three levels:
The Statistics Department also presents a wide array of introductory and methodological
courses for undergraduates, MBA students, and doctoral candidates in other
disciplines.
Contact
For further information about the Wharton Statistics Department, please contact:
Statistics Department (website)
The Wharton School
University of Pennsylvania
400 Jon M. Huntsman Hall
3730 Walnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104-6340
215.898.8222 phone
215.898.1280 fax
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