Penn State University Department of Statistics

William Harkness; Thomas Hettmansperger; Dennis Lin; James Rosenberger

doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-3649-2_15

Penn State University Department of Statistics

William Harkness, Thomas Hettmansperger, Dennis Lin, James Rosenberger

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If this chapter were being written by a writer for the New York Times, the headline might well have proclaimed New Department of Statistics Created by Non-Statisticians at Penn State University and it could easily have been defended as the truth. The writer would have elaborated as follows: The Department of Statistics was created on July 1, 1968, with James B. Bartoo as its first head. Questions have been asked about how it came about and why. Who were the moving forces leading to its creation? What was their motivation? In this story answers to these questions are provided! Our story may be typical of how other statistics departments were created. Regardless, these are the facts the writer could have cited to back up our story.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Strength in Numbers
Subtitle of host publication	The Rising of Academic Statistics Departments in the U. S.
Publisher	Springer New York
Pages	199-214
Number of pages	16
ISBN (Electronic)	9781461436492
ISBN (Print)	1461436486, 9781461436485
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3649-2_15
State	Published - Nov 1 2013

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