Preparing Master's Statistics Students for Success: A Perspective from Recent Graduates and Employers

摘要

The ASA Workgroup on Master's Degrees submitted its report to the ASA Board of Directors in November. This committee was charged by 2012 ASA President Bob Rodriguez to develop guidelines, framed as learning outcomes, for master's degree programs in statistics and biosta-tistics that are responsive to the needs of stakeholders who employ such graduates. The guidelines will reflect discussions with a variety of stakeholders in business and government to determine the needs of their master's degree-level statistical work forces. These guidelines will assist master's degree programs in statistics and biostatistics in aligning their curricula with desired outcomes.