Statistics is the science of learning from data. The theoretical foundation of statistics lies in probability theory, which is applied to decision-making under uncertainty. Data science consists of ...

“Data science” is hot right now. The number of undergraduate degrees in statistics has tripled in the past decade, and as a statistics professor, I can tell you that it isn’t because freshmen love ...

“I don’t want students leaving Yale and going through life with a feeling that everything powered by big data and algorithms is a black box,” said Alan Gerber, dean of social science and the Charles C ...

Growth and change in technology have brought a boom in the availability of data and the need for people to shape technologies. Growing areas like machine learning require expertise in programming, ...

Statistics, biostatistics, and data science are closely related fields. Broadly, they all teach a set of mathematical and computational skills for analysis and modeling of data, as well as ...

As competition for JEE grows every year, these examinations provide promising alternatives for students aiming for careers in ...

High school math, and algebra, in particular, is in crisis. Although some students thrive on the pathway to calculus, most do not. Algebra I is the single most failed course in American high schools.

Brandon Galarita is a freelance writer and K-12 educator in Honolulu, Hawaii. He is passionate about technology in education, college and career readiness and school improvement through data-driven ...

There is a skills crisis in Big Data and data science. This is being driven by the increasing demand for people capable of generating insights and making accurate predictions, using the ...

Last year, the Stanford Undergraduate Admissions Office changed its high school math curriculum recommendations for prospective applicants, emphasizing conceptual math courses such as algebra and ...