The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

The probabilistic revolution first kicked off in the 1600s, when gamblers realized that estimating the likelihood of an event could give them an edge in games of chance. However, as an educator of ...

The certificate will augment students’ learning while pursuing a Master’s or Ph.D. in a specific domain. Students in the certificate will develop deep technical skills in big data, statistical ...

A semester-long study of topics in Statistics. Topics and emphases will vary according to the instructor. This course may be repeated for credit with different topics. See the details in the schedule ...

Statistics professor Johan Ferreira was feeling overwhelmed by the amount of “screen time” involved in online learning in 2021. He imagined students must be feeling the same way, and wondered what he ...

Understanding numbers isn’t just for scientists or students. It’s a skill that helps you make smarter choices in your everyday life. Whether you’re calculating the odds of something happening, ...