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Fun Fact — More than 60% of our instructors have authored the textbook used in their course.

Academic and Industry Experts

The courses and certificate programs offered are developed and taught by leading university instructors and industry experts with an academic and/or business focus on statistics, analytics, and data science. In fact, over sixty percent of our instructors have authored the book they teach in class.

Unlike other programs found online, programs at Statistics.com are focused, rigorous, and flexibly scheduled, perfect for adult learners, career changers and everyone tackling a continuing education curriculum.

A Passion for Statistics and Data Science

Statistics lies at the heart of the type of quantitative reasoning necessary for making important advances in the sciences, such as medicine and genetics, and for making decisions in business and public policy. Our faculty are leading academic and industry experts in the field.

For example, while working in the health sciences, Dr Stephanie Kovalchik (pictured with laptop) was also conducting quantitative research in tennis. Currently, she works using data analysis to help understand performance in tennis for Tennis Australia, where she works as a data scientist for the Game Intelligence Group. An instructor with Statistics.com since 2016, she teaches Meta Analysis in R.

Teaching at Leading Institutes and Universities

The Institute has 60 instructors — located throughout the world from India and Taiwan to Great Britain and the United States — who are recruited based on their expertise in various disciplines in statistics and teach at leading companies, universities, and institutions.

Many of our instructors are advisory board members or senior faculty at their respective institutions who have made significant contributions to the field of statistics or digital education in statistics. Dr. Cliff Ragsdale (pictured to the left with a student), is a Bank of America Professor of Information Technology at Virginia Tech. He has also served as an instructor at Statistics.com since June 2011, teaching courses covering Integer, Nonlinear and Linear Programming as well as Risk Simulation

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What Our Instructors Say

Galit Shmueli, PhD

“Teaching at Statistics.com for a decade has been a rewarding journey, allowing me to interact and learn the needs and interests of analytics and statistics professionals. Teaching is organized seamlessly and run smoothly by terrific supportive staff and leadership. Teaching small groups of professionals in this online environment is completely different from the one-way touch-and-go MOOC style.” 

— Galit Shmueli, PhD, Tsing Hua Distinguished Professor, National Tsing Hua University, Taiwan

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Top Faculty FAQs

Who are the instructors at the Institute?

The Institute has more than 60 instructors who are recruited based on their expertise in various areas in statistics. Our faculty members are:

  • Authors of well-regarded texts in their area;
  • Advisory board members;
  • Senior faculty; and
  • Educators who have made important contributions to the field of statistics or online education in statistics.

The majority of our instructors have more than five years of teaching experience online at the Institute.

Please visit our faculty page for more information on each instructor at The Institute for Statistics Education.

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What type of courses does the Institute offer?

The Institute offers approximately 80 courses each year. Topics include basic survey courses for novices, a full sequence of introductory statistics courses, bridge courses to more advanced topics. Our courses cover a range of topics including biostatistics, research statistics, data mining, business analytics, survey statistics, and environmental statistics.

Please see our course search or knowledge center for more information.

Is the Institute for Statistics Education certified?

The Institute for Statistics Education is certified to operate by the State Council of Higher Education for Virginia (SCHEV). For more information visit: https://www.schev.edu/

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