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
An introduction to data analysis
Our hugely popular MOOC is running again from 8 April. It offers a hands-on introduction to statistical data analysis, emphasising key ideas, computer skills and statistical thinking. Sign up at any time.
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And then there were nine
Census 2018 was a mess. A year on, big chunks are still missing from the data needed to plan the country’s future. Andrew Sporle talks to the Otago Daily Times about the implications.
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Dr Kate Lee uses Bayesian statistics to quantify uncertainty
27 March 2019New Department of Statistics lecturer Kate Lee came to her speciality subject, Bayesian statistics, later in her academic studies, and she’s very glad she did. -
What do mathematicians do, now machines do the maths?
20 March 2019For thousands of years, calculation was the price we had to pay to do or use mathematics. That is no longer the case. Visiting Seelye Fellow, Professor Devlin, talks to Radio NZ. -
Nearly half of Kiwi students believe climate change is an ‘urgent problem’
14 March 2019Nearly half of Kiwi students taking part in a nationwide in-school census believe that climate change “is an urgent problem that needs to be managed now”. -
Catching up with the kids | CensusAtSchool 2019
21 February 2019How much time do New Zealand kids spend with digital devices? How much time do they spend doing scheduled activities outside school hours? -
Summer scholar joins the big (data) league
18 February 2019Yongshi Deng has only just completed her honours degree, but she’s already had a taste of the big league, working in the data analytics team at communications company Vodafone over summer.
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Apply now for a 2019 graduate teaching assistant opportunity
01 January 2019The Faculty of Science invites expressions of interest from postgraduate students for Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) positions in 2019.
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Data to Insight | An introduction to data analysis and visualisation Event as iCalendar
08 April 2019 - 03 June 2019MOOC, the Department of Statistics' hugely popular, free, online course is running again from 19 March. It offers a hands-on introduction to statistical data analysis, emphasising key ideas, computer skills and statistical thinking. -
Gibbons Lectures | Panel discussion - The future of quantum computing Event as iCalendar
29 May 2019, 6:30pmJoin us for the 2019 Gibbons Lecture Series. This is the last lecture in the series and involves a panel discussion with quantum computing experts Professor Howard J Carmichael and Professor Cristian S Calude.
