The Ph. D. Minor in Statistics is designed to give graduate students in doctoral programs a rich foundation and core competency in statistical design and analysis skills, and to provide education and training for interested students whose doctoral research includes a substantial amount of statistical methodology or data analysis. These students will benefit from broad and enriched perspective in the fundamentals and applications of statistics.

Admission Requirements

Students seeking the Ph.D. Minor in Statistics must be admitted to an A-State doctoral program.

Curriculum

The Ph.D. Minor in Statistics requires at least 12 hours of 6000-level courses with a STAT prefix. A grade of B or better must be earned in each course counted toward the minor. STAT courses which satisfy requirements of the student’s graduate program may also count toward the Minor in Statistics. In addition to course work, students must demonstrate the ability to apply statistical methodology to problems in research. Sections or chapters of a dissertation must provide such a demonstration. Administration of the Ph. D. Minor in Statistics is through the Department of Mathematics and Statistics. A member of the statistics faculty must be on the student’s graduate committee.

The following provides one example of a set of courses that satisfies the course work portion of the Ph.D. Minor in Statistics.