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FACULTY

Chairperson
George, Edward I.

Professors
Brown, Lawrence D.
Buja, Andreas
Cai, T. Tony 
Foster, Dean P. 
George, Edward I. 
Krieger, Abba M.
Low, Mark
Rosenbaum, Paul R.
Steele, J. Michael
Stine, Robert A.

Associate Professor 
Small, Dylan 
Wyner, Abraham J.
Zhao, Linda H. 

Assistant Professors
Jensen, Shane
Rakhlin, Alexander
Traskin, Mikhail

Faculty With Secondary Appointments in the Department
Wharton Faculty
Bradlow, Eric T. (Marketing)

University Faculty 
Berk, Richard A. 
Boruch, Robert F.
Diebold, Francis X.
Heitjan, Daniel F.
Landis, J. Richard
Mariano, Roberto S.

Affiliated Faculty
Kathryn A. Szabat
Szabat, Kathryn A.
Wainer, Howard
Waterman, Richard, P.

Emeritus Faculty
de Cani, John S.
Hamburg, Morris
Jones, Robert C.
Krendel, Ezra S.
Lusk, Edward J.
Morrison, Donald F.
Pickands, James
Shaman, Paul

Statistics

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.

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.

Research Centers