Statistics

Subject abbreviation: STAT College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences

Daniel R. Jeske, Ph.D., Chair Department Office 1337 Olmsted Hall statistics.ucr.edu

Business Office

• (951) 827-3774

Graduate Student Affairs 1140 Batchelor Hall

• (951) 827-4716 or (800) 735-0717

stat@ucr.edu

CNAS Undergraduate Advising Center 1223 Pierce Hall

• (951) 827-7294

Professors

Barry C. Arnold, Ph.D. Xinping Cui, Ph.D. Subir Ghosh, Ph.D. Daniel R. Jeske, Ph.D. Professors Emeriti

Robert J. Beaver, Ph.D. D. V. Gokhale, Ph.D. Keh-Shin Lii, Ph.D. S. James Press, Ph.D. Christopher A. Robertson, Ph.D. David J. Strauss, Ph.D. Associate Professors

Jun Li, Ph.D. Weixin Yao, Ph.D. Assistant Professors

James M. Flegal, Ph.D. Shujie Ma, Ph.D.

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Lecturers

Analisa Flores, Ph.D. Linda M. Penas, Ph.D. Jill Smith, M.S. Lecturer Emerita

Barbara Beaver, M.S.

The Department of Statistics is concerned with teaching, research, and statistical consulting. The courses offered present a comprehensive spectrum of statistical and probability theory, in so far as such theory is necessary for the understanding and analysis of observational data. The applications of the theory delineated in the courses may be made in any field of experience. Laboratory classes in which examples related to the student’s actual field of interest are worked out, play an essential part. The department offers both B.A. and B.S. degrees in Statistics as well as a B.S. in Statistics with options in Statistical Computing and Quantitative Management; the M.S. degree in Statistics; and the Ph.D. degree in Applied Statistics.

The courses STAT 040, STAT 048, STAT 100A, STAT 100B, STAT 104/BUS 104, STAT 110, STAT 130, STAT 140, STAT 146, and STAT 155 are intended for students of other departments who wish a knowledge of statistical techniques. Some of them may be taken as electives by statistics majors. The objective of these courses is to acquaint the student with the elements of statistics with only the necessary amount of mathematical training.

STAT 147 and STAT 157 are computer-oriented courses intended for students who would like to learn about computer programming in the most important languages and who would like to learn about statistical computing.

Transfer Students Students transferring to the Statistics major must complete courses comparable to the following one-year sequence before they transfer:

• 1. First-year calculus, equivalent to MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C, each

course completed with a grade of “B-” or better.

The department has two large undergraduate Windows-based teaching laboratories. These laboratories provide users access to a wide variety of statistical software packages including SAS, R, Minitab, and SPSS, and other popular software packages including Mathematica, Adobe Acrobat, and Microsoft Office. The department also houses the Garber Research Computing Laboratory, which is a combination of a UNIX/LINUX-based system with multiple workstations and several Windows-based machines. The department recently added a Windows-based simulations laboratory in Summer 2014.

The Statistical Consulting Collaboratory provides a broad range of analytical and statistical support services, including design of experiments, statistical inference, hypothesis testing, and data modeling for the campus community, and promotes cooperative research between statisticians and other investigators in all fields of the application of statistics. The Collaboratory is staffed by:

Daniel R. Jeske, Ph.D., Faculty Director Karen Huaying Xu, Ph.D., Associate Director

and rotating graduate students.

All courses taken to fulfill major requirements must be completed with grades of “C-” or better after repeats.

Freshman (0-44.9 units earned)

Completion of the following with grade of “C-“or better and must be in good academic standing. (2.0 quarter and cumulative GPA)

MATH 008B or MATH 009A, MATH 009B

Sophomores (45-89.9 earned units)

Completion of the following with grade of “C-“or better and must be in good academic standing. (2.0 quarter and cumulative GPA)

MATH 008B or MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C

4 (four) additional units of college-level Mathematics or Statistics (STAT 100A recommended)

Juniors (90-134.9 earned units)

Completion of the following with grade of “C-“or better and must be in good academic standing. (2.0 quarter and cumulative GPA)

MATH 008B or MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C

12 (twelve) additional units of college level Mathematics or Statistics (MATH 031, STAT 100A and STAT 147 recommended)

Seniors (135 or more earned units)

Completion of the following with grade of “C-“or better and must be in good academic standing. (2.0 quarter and cumulative GPA)

MATH 008B or MATH 009A, MATH 009B, MATH 009C, MATH 031, STAT 100A (or equivalent), STAT 100B (or equivalent), STAT 147, STAT 157

Major change requests are reviewed during the 2nd, 3rd, 4th & 10th weeks of each quarter.

Applicants to majors in the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences are selected on the basis of academic preparation, as assessed by their GPA and the strength of preparation for the intended major. A GPA of at least 2.70 is required. (This is a baseline GPA for consideration and not a guarantee of admission.)

In addition, applicants will need to complete

college courses comparable to at least two of the following UCR year-long sequences in order to meet selection criteria for this major. Courses must be completed with “C” grades or better:

MATH 009A, MATH 009B, and MATH 009C (mandatory). A grade of “B-” or better is required in this series. And at least one sequence from:

• 1. BIOL 005A/BIOL 05LA and BIOL 005B (and

BIOL 005C, if articulated)

• 2. CHEM 001A, CHEM 01LA, CHEM 001B,

CHEM 01LB, CHEM 001C, and CHEM 01LC

• 3. Organic chemistry (one-year lower-division),

each course completed with a grade of “B” or better

• 4. PHYS 002A, PHYS 02LA, PHYS 002B,

PHYS 02LB PHYS 002C, and PHYS 02LC

• 5. PHYS 040A, PHYS 040B, and PHYS 040C

• 6. MATH 010A and MATH 010B, or one course

in linear algebra.

Courses must be completed with a letter grade, with no grade lower than a “C.” Students should visit assist.org for updated and comprehensive major preparation requirements.

See Undergraduate Studies section.

See College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences, Colleges and Programs section.

Some of the following requirements for the major may also fulfill some of the college’s breadth requirements. Consult with a department advisor for course planning.

The department offers both a B.A. and a B.S. degree in Statistics as well as a B.S. in Statistics with options in Statistical Computing and Quantitative Management.

The major requirements for the B.A. and the B.S. degrees in Statistics are as follows:

For the Bachelor of Arts

• 1. Core requirements (24–25 units)

• a) CS 010, MATH 008B or MATH 009A,

MATH 009B, MATH 009C, MATH 010A

• b) MATH 031

• 2. Upper-division requirements

• a) Thirty-six (36) units of upper-division

course work

• (1) STAT 147, STAT 157, STAT 160A,

STAT 160B, STAT 160C, STAT 170A, STAT 170B, STAT 171

• (2) Four (4) units of STAT 183 taken

during senior year

Note An introductory Statistics class such as STAT 048, or STAT 100A is strongly recommended.

For the Bachelor of Science

• 1. Core requirements (24–25 units)

• a) CS 010, MATH 008B or MATH 009A,

MATH 009B, MATH 009C, MATH 010A

• b) MATH 031

• 2. Upper-division requirements (52 units)
• a) Thirty-six (36) units of upper-division

course work

• (1) STAT 147, STAT 157, STAT 160A,

STAT 160B, STAT 160C, STAT 170A, STAT 170B, STAT 171

• (2) Four (4) units of STAT 183 taken

during senior year

• b) Sixteen (16) units of additional course work

chosen, with the approval of the major advisor from STAT/BUS 104, STAT 127/ BUS 127, STAT 130, STAT 140, STAT 146, STAT 161, or from related fields.

Note An introductory Statistics class such as STAT 048, or STAT 100A is strongly recommended.

Statistical Computing Option

The requirements for this option are in addition to the requirements for the B.S. in Statistics, except that the option requirement takes the place of the 16 units in 2.b) above.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (8 units): CS 012, CS 014

• 2. Upper-division requirements (16 units)

• a) Sixteen (16) units of coursework selected

from

• (1) CS 141, CS 177

• (2) MATH 120, MATH 135A, MATH 135B

• (3) STAT 198-I

Quantitative Management Option

The requirements for this option are in addition to the requirements for the B.S. in Statistics, except that the option requirement takes the place of the 16 units in 2.b) above.

• 1. Lower-division requirements (18 units)

• a) ECON 002, ECON 003

• b) BUS 010, BUS 020

• 2. Upper-division requirements (16 units)

• a) Three courses from one area and four (4)

additional units from one other area

• (1) Marketing: BUS 103, BUS 113, BUS 117

• (2) Finance: BUS 106/ECON 134, BUS 134, BUS 135, BUS 136, BUS 138

• (3) Accounting: BUS 108, BUS 165A,

BUS 165B, BUS 168A, BUS 168B

• (4) Management Information Systems:

BUS 101, BUS 171, BUS 173

The minor in Applied Statistics is designed to give students in either the social sciences or the physical sciences a cohesive set of statistics courses to deal with the data analytic aspects of their disciplines and to understand the statistical summaries that are encountered in everyday activities.

The requirements for the minor consist of at least 24 and not more than 28 upper-division units in Statistics to include the following:

• 1. STAT 100A, STAT 100B
• 2. Eight (8) units from STAT 110, STAT 127/

BUS 127, STAT 130, STAT 140, STAT 146

• 3. Four (4) units from STAT 147, STAT 157

• 4. Four (4) additional units from 2. or 3. above

Of the specified upper-division units, a minimum of 16 must be unique to the minor and may not be used to satisfy major requirements.

No more than 4 units may be in courses numbered 190 through 199.

See Minors under the College of Natural and Agricultural Sciences in the Colleges and Programs section of this catalog for additional information on minors.