Year: 1951
Type: article
Abstract: As WE ENTER the second half of the twentieth century one of the most .tl. serious long-range problems confronting the world of statistics is that of establishing a sound pattern of statistical education for college undergraduates.The uses of statistics and statistical methods have become so widespread throughout business, industry, government, and scientific research in recent years that this matter concerns not only the professional statisticians themselves, but many thousands of persons in these fields who are finding it necessary to become intelligent consumers of statistics and statistical methods.Our present difficulties are deep-rooted, but in the time which Association tradition has assigned me for a retiring presidential address, I wish to discuss some of the major aspects of this situation and to propose some steps for dealing with it.ADVANCED STATISTICAL TRAINING WELL UNDER WAY I shall not be concerned with specialized graduate training in statistics.It was a critical problem until fairly recently, but it is now being gradually solved, thanks to the emergence of a few strong centers for advanced training in applied and theoretical statistics and to the entry of increasing numbers of able students into these fields.The sustained influence of the various research journals in applied and theoretical statistics over a period of years, and the effect of discussion of the teaching of advanced statistics during the last ten years under the leadership of Committees of the Institute of Mathematical Statistics, the National Research Council, the Royal Statistical Society, and the Inter-American Statistical Institute, have been important factors in the establishment of these centers.Advanced training is now well
Author: S. S. Wilks
Institution: Princeton University
Language: English
Subfield: Statistics and Probability
Field: Mathematics
Domain: Physical Sciences
SDG: Quality education
Open Access status: bronze
OpenAlex ID: W4238439478