Statistics Outside Duke
- Duke University Libraries
- JSTOR: Search engine of
journals from a wide range of fields (available only from a Duke computer)
- Use a Proxy server to access materials Duke licenses from home.
- Journal Homepages
Like most disciplines, several organizations exist to inform and coordinate the statistical community. The web sites of these organizations are usually filled with information on careers in statistics, upcoming statistical meetings and conferences, statistical journals, and links to statistical sites on the web. Here are links to a few of these organizations:
- American Statistical Association (ASA) -- great information on what statisticians do, careers and internships in statistics, conferences, and more.
- Institute for Mathematical Statistics (IMS) -- links to international statistical groups and more.s
- Caucus for Women in Statistics -- promoting women in statistics.
- International Society for Bayesian Analysis (ISBA) -- information on Bayesian statistics, the-- -- specialty of Duke's statistics department.
- Royal Statistical Society (RSS)
- Statistical Society of Canada (SSC)
- Click here for a list of other statistical societies.
Government needs accurate data on the U.S. to function well, and many federal statistical agencies exist to meet this demand. Most of these agencies have web sites with lots of neat stuff. Here are links to a few federal statistical agencies:
- United States Bureau of the Census -- descriptions of Census 2000, reports on demographic, economic, and voting trends in U.S. society, and lots of data to download for research.
- Bureau of Labor Statistics -- the agency that collects and releases data on the national economy.
- National Center for Education Statistics -- responsible for measuring the educational achievement of U.S. students.
- National Center for Health Statistics -- you want data on health issues, they've got data on health issues.
- Click here for a list of other important federal statistical agencies; there's lots more!
Several statistical consulting groups maintain interesting web sites. The groups often consult on large federal surveys and post links to reports of their studies. Check out the National Institute of Statistical Sciences in Research Triangle Park and the RAND Statistics Group in Santa Monica, CA, as examples.
Statistics at Other Universities and Colleges
In many universities or colleges, statistics departments are combined with or contained in mathematics departments. At Duke, we have a distinct statistics department.
- Ph.D. Programs in statistics in the United States
- Statistics departments worldwide