统计是不确定性下的决策科学。通过了解统计信息，您可以基于世界的数据和模型做出明智的决策。统计研究包括研究设计，数据的收集，评估和管理，构建用于捕获现实抽象的正式统计模型以及这些模型所基于的概率规则。在俄亥俄州立大学的统计计划中，学生将在课程学习中探索每个领域。他们还将开发适用于农业，商业，教育，科学与工程，金融，医学和社会科学等领域的统计，计算和数字技能。
Statistics is the science of decision making under uncertainty. By understanding statistics, you can make sound decisions based on data and models of the world. The study of statistics encompasses study design and the collection, assessment and curation of data, the building of formal statistical models to capture an abstraction of reality, and the rules of probability upon which those models rest. In Ohio State's statsitics program, students will explore each of these areas in their course work. They will also develop statistical, computational and numerical skills that are applicable in fields including agriculture, business, education, science and engineering, finance, medicine, and the social sciences.