Statistics: master degree records.

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Official classification: Statistics, General.

A general program that focuses on the relationships between groups of measurements, and similarities and differences, using probability theory and techniques derived from it. Includes instruction in the principles in probability theory, binomial distribution, regression analysis, standard deviation, stochastic processes, Monte Carlo method, Bayesian statistics, non-parametric statistics, sampling theory, and statistical techniques.

Compare probability, statistical methods, computing and required mathematics on the current course list. Data science and biostatistics may be separately classified; no exact curriculum is inferred from an award count.

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Source: connected NCES IPEDS first-major completion records, exact CIP 27.0501, award level 7. This list does not rank institutions or measure admissions capacity.

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