When elected officials dismiss data collection and statistics that have met the test of time yet tell a story that they ...

Most statistical agencies lost 20% to 30% of their staff this year, and the Trump administration is pursuing further workforce cuts at these agencies.

A new report reveals that the U.S. government's statistical system is struggling due to staff layoffs, reduced funding, and ...

In 2021, the waves of the pandemic started to quickly unravel supply chains across the world. Manufacturing plants slowed or even closed, ports experienced unprecedented back-ups, and transportation ...

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 ...

Statistics is the science of learning from data. The theoretical foundation of statistics lies in probability theory, which is applied to decision-making under uncertainty. Data science consists of ...

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 ...

Zachary Spaulding and Yupeng Li, both math majors, work together as they talk about mathematics in the undergraduate math lounge. (Gregory Urquiaga/UC Davis) From presidential campaigns to pandemic ...

What does excess email usage have to do with low IQ scores? Nothing at all, but that doesn’t mean someone didn’t create a connection to make a point. I don’t know about you, but I am tired of the ...

Our students become deft and able in data visualization, analysis and statistics, and apply these skills in a wide range of fields in business, engineering, public health and social justice. The ...