Outline
     What is Statistics?
     What do statisticians do?
     Statistics in the Community
     Research at Purdue
     Our research interests
                               
    What is Statistics?
     ‘The science of collecting, organizing, and 
      interpreting numerical facts’
     ‘The science of understanding data and 
      making decisions in the face of uncertainty’
     ‘The art of making numerical conjectures 
      about puzzling questions’
     ‘The construction of useful information out of 
      data’
                               
    Where Can Statisticians 
    Contribute?
     Business and Industry
     Health and Medicine
     Natural Resources and Sciences
     Education
     Government, Media, and Law
                               
     Business and Industry
      Manufacturing
         Improve product quality
         Increase efficiency of processes
      Marketing
         Conduct sample surveys
         Determine product viability
      Engineering
         Make consistent product
         Predict product life
      Computing
         Software design and development
         Efficient implementation of complex analytic tools
                                        
     Health and Medicine
      Epidemiology
         Calculate cancer incidence rates
         Monitor disease outbreaks
      Public Health
         Design community efforts
         Education programs
      Pharmacology
         Drug discovery, development, and approval
         Ensure validity of results in clinical trials
      Genetics
         Identify potential indicators for specific diseases or traits
         Develop effective plant and animal breeding strategies