Many students in the MSLIS and MS in Data Analytics programs are required to learn about data analysis and assessment. One of the most useful tools (and it is free and open source) is RStudio, an IDE ...

The Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Data Science is the college’s newest major. The curriculum is designed to equip students to execute all stages of a data analysis, from data acquisition and ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

Statistics is the science of learning from data. The theoretical foundation of statistics lies in probability theory, which is applied to decision-making under uncertainty. Data science consists of ...

This comprehensive course bridges the gap between foundational statistical reasoning and practical applications related to business and engineering decision-making. Throughout the course, we’ll ...

Introduces students to importing, tidying, exploring, visualizing, summarizing, and modeling data and then communicating the results of these analyses to answer relevant questions and make decisions.