The Mathematical Sciences Challenge Problem is posted every Tuesday morning. Solutions can be submitted until noon of the next monday. Everyone can participate. The winner is drawn from the pool of correct solutions, with preference given to solutions that are better than others (for instance, an exact result over a floating point result, etc) and to undergraduate students over graduate students over faculty
Why Study Statistics ?
"The fundamental problem of scientific progress, and a fundamental one of everyday life, is that of learning from experience."
Probability provides the conceptual foundation and mathematical language for the logic of uncertainty and induction. Statistics is concerned with procedures for the acquisition management, exploration and use of information, to learn from experience in situations of uncertainty, and to make decisions under risk. Statistical practice includes: design of experiments and of sampling surveys; exploration, summarization and display of observational data; drawing inferences, and assessing their uncertainty; building mathematical models for systems with stochastic components.
The statistician today is a partner in most scientific and technologic endeavors : to decide whether a new vaccine will be effective; to appraise the cost of life insurance for middle age smokers; to resolve and sharpen images obtained by ultrasonography; to gauge the uniformity of an optical fiber; to estimate the amount of timber in a forest; to create a computer model for a network of neurons; to forecast the weather and the price of copper; to measure unemployment and poverty; to evaluate discrimination in society; to improve quality in industrial manufacturing; to assess the reliability of a jet engine; to find the best variety of a tropical crop; to guide the exploration of ore deposits; and, of course, to predict batting performance in baseball.
If you are thinking about becoming a statistician, or wondering what it is a statistician even does, please check out our website Studying Statistics at the UW.
Bachelor of Science
The Bachelor of Science program in Statistics at the University of Washington offers broad based, flexible educational pathways emphasizing the theoretical, practical, or computational aspects of probability and statistics. The program serves the needs of future statisticians in science, industry, business, and government, as well as provides the necessary background and stimulation for graduate study.
Major in Statistics
Minor in Statistics
ACMS Program
ACMS is a multidisciplinary Bachelor of Science degree program in the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Washington. The undergraduate program is jointly administered by four Departments: Applied Mathematics, Computer Science, Mathematics and Statistics.
The aim of the program is to provide a solid foundation in both applied and computational mathematical science with areas of application. A core set of courses in the basic tools common to many disciplines is followed by a broad set of options to suit different interests.
Flexibility in the requirements allows students with specific interests in another area to pursue a double major. Successful graduates of the program will be prepared to pursue a variety of positions in industry, or to go on to graduate or professional school.
Undergraduate Advisor
Mee Ling Hon
Padelford B-309
Box 354322
Seattle, WA 98195-4322
Ph: 206-543-8296
statugradadv at stat dot washington dot edu