Mathematical Sciences - Colloquium

As more information becomes available about nearly every phase of life, it has become more important than ever to prepare students to manage data and to use it to make intelligent decisions.  How does this affect the role of statistics at the university level and school levels?  There has been a shift in both statistical content and in how statistics is taught. This shift in part reflects the increasing importance of statistics and the need to have a statistics program that is relevant to the things that graduates need to know and be able to do with data.   In addition, an increasing number of students are taking Advanced Placement Statistics, which signals a different entry level for incoming students.  What does this mean for university programs in both mathematics and statistics?  We don't have the answers to these questions, but there are some indicators that might provide useful direction.

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