Departmental Emphasis

To many people, the discipline of statistics comprises a body of techniques for the effective collection, organization, communication, and summarization of data. To the professional statistician, it is more importantly the science of decision making under uncertainty in applications from astronomy to zoology. The emphasis of The Ohio State University's Statistics Department is on obtaining innovative solutions to real-world problems and in interdisciplinary research stimulated by these problems. The broad range of statistical interests of our faculty and students enhances our ability to attack the difficult statistical questions that arise in solving real-world problems. The major thrust of the research of our faculty is the development of statistical methodology motivated by issues that arise in fields of application.