Welcome to the MU Department of Statistics

Welcome to the Department of Statistics at the University of Missouri. The department has prided itself training students to meet this need since its creation in 1963. Our faculty are known for both cutting edge methodological and collaborative research and for outstanding teaching.

Announcements:

• Congratulation to the final project award winners for STAT 4002/7002: Introduction to Statistical B2B Pricing course for Spring 2012

  • 1st place: Andrew Spitznagle and Hua Bai
  
  
  • 2nd place: Lauren Padgette and Brittany Knoy



• Master's in Statistics-new applied track

• New course offering from Spring 2012: Introduction to Statistical Business-to-Business Pricing

• Professor Lori Thombs has been elected a 2011 Fellow of the American Statistical Association.

• Professor Dongchu Sun is going to assume the duty of the new department chair from September 1st, 2011. Special thanks to our outgoing chair Professor Nancy Flournoy for her outstanding leadership and service.

• Dr. Michael W. Robbins joined our department as assistant professor from Fall 2011. Welcome to MU Statistics.

• Congratulations to Dr. Sounak Chakraborty and Dr. Scott Holan on their promotions to Associate Professor with tenure!

Statistics in News:

• MU Statisticians to Develop Statistical Models for the U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey