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Chairing the Mathematical Sciences Department of the 1990s Proceedings of a Colloquium October 27-28, 1989 Arlington, Virginia (1990) / Chapter Skim
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9 Fostering Undergraduate Programs in Statistics
Pages 83-94

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... , Florida State University STATISTICS AS AN INDEPENDENT UNIT Dean L Isaacson, Iowa State University THE CARE AND FEEDING OF UNDERGRADUATE STATISTICS PROGRAMS Walter R
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... Hence, courses in design of experiments, survey sampling, quality control, regression, etc., will be filled primarily with graduate students from outside statistics and also will be available to the undergraduate statistics majors. By listing all of these 85
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... At many universities the graduate statistics program is strong and the undergraduate program suffers by comparison. In such cases, there must be an undergraduate coordinator who acts as the administrator for the undergraduate program.
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... One has also discussed some unique problems for small departments. I wish to focus mostly on undergraduate programs within statistics departments in large universities that have heretofore existed primarily for their graduate programs.
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... We have found this to be a very effective recruitment mechanism Cat utilizes relatively modest resources in terms of cost and faculty time. The alternative of faculty visits to high schools is resource-intensive and reaches far fewer students.
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... Ofthese students, many will seek employmentin statistics without further academic Raining beyond the bachelor's degree. A statistician who has expertise only in the mathematical techniques of his discipline stands outside the historical mainstream of the field.
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... What then should be the criterion for accrediting undergraduate programs in statistics? In my view, it should be a commitment of such programs to prepare the student for doing original modeling and inferential work in science generally.
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... For example, we recognize consulting as professional work. One of my goals is to attract enough majors so that statistics can become a separate department.
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