Statistics
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The Department of Statistics combines a program of research in statistical theory and methods with a broad range of multidisciplinary, more applied research.
Areas of research interest include:
- linear and generalized linear models
- sampling methodology
- biostatistics/biometrics
- spatial statistics
- operations research.
- The primary areas of multidisciplinary research are:
- environmental and ecological statistics
- natural resources
- environmental health
Collaborators in this research include faculty from the Colleges of Science, Agricultural Sciences, Forestry, and Health and Human Performance, as well as investigators from the Environmental Protection Agency, the U.S. Forest Service, and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Questions addressed by this research concern assessment and mitigation of environmental health hazards for humans and other species, in particular water quality; and population dynamics of numerous species.
Statistics also operates the Survey Research Center, which conducts and analyzes surveys for the university and for state and local government agencies.