CaptainT Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I'm interested in going to grad school for Statistics, but my undergrad major was not Stats. Anyone w/ similar experience? What was your undergrad major and if you're in a Stats grad program, how are you coping w/ not having any background? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted May 15, 2017 Share Posted May 15, 2017 I went from nursing into stats, via lots of self-study courses. Not having a maths background hinders me when i try to study deeper areas (my eyes glaze over when i look at measure theory), but for practical stuff i'm OK. Do you have any kind of quantitative background? If your willing to put the work in i'm sure you can make it work for you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CaptainT Posted June 14, 2017 Author Share Posted June 14, 2017 What kind of courses did you self-study? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prometheus Posted June 15, 2017 Share Posted June 15, 2017 I started with Khan Academy for some remedial stuff, then did some maths courses at the Open University. The uni i did post-grad stats at was most interested in any calculus and linear algebra i had done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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