What is Statistics? Statistics is the science concerned with developing and studying methods for collecting, analyzing, interpreting and presenting empirical data.Statisticsisthescienceconcernedwithdevelopingandstudyingmethodsforcollecting,analyzing,interpretingandpresentingempiricaldata.Statisticsisahighlyinterdisciplinaryfield;researchinstatisticsfindsapplicabilityinvirtuallyallscientificfieldsandresearchquestionsinthevariousscientificfieldsmotivatethedevelopmentofnewstatisticalmethodsandtheory.Indevelopingmethodsandstudyingthetheorythatunderliesthemethodsstatisticiansdrawonavarietyofmathematicalandcomputationaltools.Twofundamentalideasinthefieldofstatisticsareuncertaintyandvariation.Therearemanysituationsthatweencounterinscience(ormoregenerallyinlife)inwhichtheoutcomeisuncertain.Insomecasestheuncertaintyisbecausetheoutcomeinquestionisnotdeterminedyet(e.g.,wemaynotknowwhetheritwillraintomorrow)whileinothercasestheuncertaintyisbecausealthoughtheoutcomehasbeendeterminedalreadywearenotawareofit(e.g.,wemaynotknowwhetherwepassedaparticularexam).Probabilityisamathematicallanguageusedtodiscussuncertaineventsandprobabilityplaysakeyroleinstatistics.Anymeasurementordatacollectioneffortissubjecttoanumberofsourcesofvariation.Bythiswemeanthatifthesamemeasurementwererepeated,thentheanswerwouldlikelychange.Statisticiansattempttounderstandandcontrol(wherepossible)thesourcesofvariationinanysituation.Weencourageyoutocontinueexploringourwebsitetolearnmoreaboutstatistics,ouracademicprograms,ourstudentsandfaculty,aswellasthecutting-edgeresearchwearedoinginthefield.LatestNewsCapstoneProgramShowcasesGrowingTalentofICSStudentsJune22,2021AbolddecisiontostudyabroadinhighschoolledSiruiHutoUCIandbeyond(DataSciencemajor)June7,2021TeachAccessRecognizesMineDogucuasCurriculumDevelopmentAwardeeJune3,2021UCINews:“EffortstotreatCOVID-19patientschronicledinUCHealthmedicationsdata”(BinNanmentioned)May21,2021ExploringandStrengtheningSportsStatsatUCIApril30,2021NewsArchive