Statistics influence nearly everything. That is, the information and context derived from statistical analysis help to shape important decisions that have local, national, and global impacts. For ...

Good data and statistics are indispensable for informed decision-making by all actors in society. This was explicitly acknowledged in 2014, when the United Nations General Assembly adopted the ...

28 February 2023 - The United Nations Statistical Commission is holding its 54th session from February 28 to March 3, 2023, at the UN headquarters in New York. Established in 1947, the Commission is ...

As we enter 2025, the internet continues to evolve at a rapid pace, with websites and online presence becoming increasingly ...

Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

Widely available, trustworthy government statistics are essential for policy makers and program administrators at all levels of government, for private-sector decision makers, for researchers, and for ...

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics tasked the Committee on National Statistics to undertake a consensus panel study to examine the degree of transparency and reproducibility of ...

Using the first complete dataset of more than 415 million buildings across 50 countries in sub‐Saharan Africa, researchers at the University of Chicago created an unprecedented approach to urban ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

Discover how the Australian Bureau of Statistics collects and analyzes data to inform decision-making in Australia through the national census and economic indicators.

Impactful research meets innovative educational programs in Statistics and Data Sciences, the college’s newest and fastest-growing department. Using novel statistics and machine learning methods to ...