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Activity Number:
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294
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Type:
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Contributed
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Date/Time:
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Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
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Sponsor:
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Section on Statistical Education
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| Abstract - #308448 |
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Title:
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The Progress of Master of Applied Statistics Program at Penn State
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Author(s):
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Mosuk Chow*+
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Companies:
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The Pennsylvania State University
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Address:
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315 Thomas Building, University Park, PA, 16802,
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Keywords:
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Master of Applied Statistics ; Professional Science Master ; Internship ; Business, Industry and Government
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Abstract:
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The Master of Applied Statistics Program at Penn State is a Professional Science Master program. Support for the development of this program has been provided by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation in 2001-2004. The program aims to provide its graduates with broad knowledge in a wide range of statistical application areas with employable, highly sought after skills Statistics demanded by government agencies, consulting firms and industries. The target program size of the program is to enroll 15 students per year. There is a trend of an increasing application pool to our program. Over the years, we have attracted high quality students with a diversified backgrounds. From our experience, internship opportunities are an invaluable experience for the M.A.S. students and we have strong interest in continuing to develop internship relationship with companies and government agencies.
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- Authors who are presenting talks have a * after their name.
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