Exponential increase in the number of stat majors
Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science 2013-04-22
Summary:
Joe Blitztein sent around the following graph: (The x-axis goes from 2000 to 2012 and the y=axis goes from 0 to 120.) 100 statistics majors (this combines sophomores, juniors, and seniors, but still, that’s a lot more than the 1 or 2 or 3 a year we’re used to seeing). At first I was like, [...]