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| The department offers a program suitable for both
full-time and part-time students, leading to a doctoral
degree in statistics. The program provides training
in theory and applications. Most of the graduate courses
are scheduled for early evening times to accommodate
students with full-time employment.
Information about careers in statistics can be found
at the American Statistical Association web-site http://www.amstat.org/).
It contains a detailed description of what statisticians
do and what career opportunities are available.
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Admission Prerequisites |
| Prerequisite: A master's degree in statistics
or a related discipline. The main requirement is
a strong background in mathematics, including courses
in advanced calculus, linear algebra, and mathematical
statistics (similar to Stat 201-2). Some deficiencies
may be made up concurrently during the student's
first year. In some instances, a student may enter
the Ph.D. program with a bachelor's degree. |
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| Degree Requirements |
Required: The general requirements stated under
Columbian School of Arts and Sciences. The degree
requires completion of 72 credit hours, of which
at least 48 must be from course work, and at least
12 must be from dissertation research (Stat-399).
Up to 24 credit hours may be transferred from
a prior Maters degree. The degree must be completed
in 8 years. The degree requires satisfactory completion
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- Stat 201-2, 217-18, 223 or 271, 257, 258,
263, 264, and at least two courses chosen from
among Stat 262, 265-66, and 273-74.
- A minimum of 15 additional credit hours as
determined by consultation with the departmental
doctoral committee.
- The General Examination, consisting of two
parts:
- a written qualifying examination
that must be taken within 24 months from the
date of enrollment in the program and is based
on the STAT 201, 202, 257, 263; and
- an examination to determine the
student's readiness to carry out the proposed
dissertation research.
- A dissertation demonstrating the candidate's
ability to do original research in one of the
following fields: Bayesian inference, biostatistics,
design of experiments, multivariate analysis,
nonparametric statistics, probability (theoretical
or applied), reliability theory, robust methods,
sampling, statistical computing, statistical
inference, stochastic processes, and time series.
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| Students must maintain a minimum cumulative
grade average of B (3.0) in all course work .
Descriptions of all Statistics courses can
be found at: http://www.gwu.edu/~bulletin/grad/stat.html. |
| Qualifying Examination |
Each Ph.D. candidate is required to take and pass
the Ph.D. Qualifying Exam. The exam is given at the
beginning of the Fall semesters each year. It consists of two papers:
- Inference : Stat 202, 263
- Probability : Stat 201, 257
No more than two attempts is permitted. Please see the graduate bulletin for more information. |
| Readiness Examination |
| After passing the Qualifying Examination, the
candidate should select a dissertation advisor.
In consultation with the advisor, the candidate
should pass a readiness examination, usually consisting
of a research proposal and an oral examination.
A committee of at least two professors should administer
the examination. |
| Dissertation |
| Students are required to complete a written dissertation
that should be defended before an examination committee
of at least 4 examiners. The dissertation should
reflect evidence to perform original scholarly research
and must comply with all other GW rules and regulations. |
| Application |
Information about application, admission, and deadlines can be found at the CCAS website http://www.gwu.edu/~ccas/grad/admissions.html. Some efforts are made to accept and review late applications. |
| Advising |
| Students in their first semester of the program
must meet with the Ph.D. Program Director prior
to signing up for classes. Students are suggested
to continue to seek advice throughout their time
in the program. Students should also meet with the
Ph.D. Program Director if there is any question
of whether their course work may be applied towards
the degree. Professor Tapan Nayak is the Ph.D. Program Director. He can
be reached at (202) 994-6549 or at tapan@gwu.edu. |
| Additional Information |
| The Graduate Student Services web site http://www.gwu.edu/~ccas/grad/studentinfo.html provides links to a wide
range of services for graduate students such as
academic links, financial information, libraries,
computer services, registrar, student services and
graduation. |
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