Department of Statistics

Welcome to the Department of Statistics

"Statistical thinking will one day be as necessary for efficient citizenship as the ability to read and write."
H.G. Wells

Statistical Consulting Centre

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Statistics courses and career pathways

Learn about PhD study

Jing Liu - Statistics PhD student

News

BSc (Hons) and MSc research projects for 2012 are now available 8 February 2012

Apply for a research project that you are interested in and work with some of the best supervisors. >>

Prestigious awards for three top young scientists 8 September 2011

Rutherford Discovery Fellowships for New Zealand’s top young researchers have been awarded to Dr Nicholas Shears and Dr Quentin Atkinson from The University of Auckland, and will bring alumnus Dr David Goldstone back to the University >>

Media use of statistics: good, bad, and ugly 8 August 2011

Nominations are called for noteworthy statistics – good, bad and ugly – quoted in the New Zealand media, for a new weekly competition on the Stats Chat blog run by the Department of Statistics at The University of Auckland. >>

Parliament’s next top model: simulating elections 2 August 2011

Either National or Labour would have won a clear majority, while the Greens, with the third largest party vote in 2008, would have few or no seats in parliament if recent elections were run under some of the voting systems in this year's referendum. >>

Events

Faculty of Science Orientation 2012