Educational Objectives

The educational objectives of the Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics are:

1. To help prepare graduates for research careers in their chosen fields.
2. To enhance the educational experiences of K-State graduate students.
3. To recognize the statistical expertise that many graduate students achieve.
4. To provide training in statistics focused on developing data analysis skills and an ability to explore the field of applied statistics.
5. To provide graduate students with broad knowledge in a wide range of statistical application areas with employable, highly sought after skills in applied statistics demanded by government agencies, universities, consulting firms and research industries in today’s competitive world.

Certification Requirements

A minimum of 15 credit hours are required with at least a 3.0 GPA in applied statistics courses at the 700 level and above. These courses may also be used for a student’s Program of Study in his/her chosen field if approved by the student’s Graduate Committee.

Courses that can be used for the Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics Program are:

• (3 credit hours from the following courses):

• STAT 701 - Fundamental Methods of Biostatistics Credits: (3)
• STAT 703 - Introduction to Statistical Methods for the Sciences Credits: (3)
• STAT 706 - Basic Elements of Statistical Theory Credits: (3)

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  (4 credit hours from the following courses): 

• STAT 704 - Analysis of Variance Credits: (2)

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• STAT 705 - Regression and Correlation Analyses Credits: (2)

• or

• STAT 713 - Applied Linear Statistical Models Credits: (3)

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  (8-15 credit hours from the following courses)

• STAT 710 - Sample Survey Methods Credits: (2)
• STAT 716 - Nonparametric Statistics Credits: (2)
• STAT 720 - Design of Experiments Credits: (3)
• STAT 722 - Experimental Design for Product Development and Quality Improvement Credits: (3)
• STAT 725 - Introduction to the SAS Computing Credits: (1)
• STAT 726 - Introduction to Splus/R Computing Credits: (1)
• STAT 730 - Multivariate Statistical Methods Credits: (3)
• STAT 736 - Bioassay Credits: (2)
• STAT 745 - Statistical Graphics Credits: (3)
• STAT 870 - Analysis of Messy Data Credits: (3)

Note

A maximum of three credit hours can be earned from coursework taken outside the Department of Statistics, either in another department on campus, or at another university. Persons wishing to apply such credits will gain approval from the director of the certificate program. Courses so approved must clearly be of an applied statistics nature, of a duration commensurate with the number of credit hours claimed on the certificate, and at a graduate level (under no circumstances will undergraduate courses be considered). The person asking for this exception will need to supply such information as deemed necessary by the director for such approval, possibly including syllabus and identification of textbook used.

Administration of the Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics Program

The Head of the Department of Statistics or his/her designate will administer/coordinate the Graduate Certificate in Applied Statistics Program. Students who would like to pursue the certificate should contact the department and make an appointment to fill out a plan for completing the certificate.

After the successful completion of the student’s plan, the student and the Department Head will file a report with the graduate school. The graduate school will then issue the certificate and see that the appropriate notation is made on the student’s academic record.