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, [...]

Link:

http://andrewgelman.com/2013/04/21/exponential-increase-in-the-number-of-stat-majors/

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Tags:

sociology teaching

Authors:

Andrew

Date tagged:

04/22/2013, 11:36

Date published:

04/21/2013, 09:30