Department of Statistics

The department of statistics offers courses leading to the degree of Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. The purpose of the programs is to train students and researchers to take part in studies involving extensive observations and experimentations; collection and analysis of data in laboratories and social, economic and public systems and organizations and to derive inferences about the behavior of such systems. The students who complete the statistics education in the department will be able to make their skills available in the science of inductive inference for research, industrial and social organizations by playing an important part in solving problems of science and practical life. Graduates are expected to make research and analysis in institutions such as the Turkish Statistical Institute, the State Planning Organizations, and the other governmental organizations as well as private organizations or firms.