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Department of Statistics information on the major, 1981-1982

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: UA 1188 Series 5

Scope and Contents

Materials include information about the Statistics major from Brigham Young University booklets, Major lists, five year plan, description of courses, and Utah American Statistical Association (ASA) membership. Materials date from between 1981 and 1982.

Dates

  • Creation: 1981-1982

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Restricted. Closed for 35 years from the date of creation of the records, and thereafter open to the public in accordance with the University Archives Policy.

Conditions Governing Use

It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Please direct any questions to Reference Services at specialcollections@byu.edu.

Administrative History

From the Collection:

The Department of Statistics (1960-) is responsible for teaching courses related to statistics at Brigham Young University.

In the mid 1950s Brigham Young University's President Ernest L. Wilkinson created the Bureau of Church Studies. In order to predict for facilitating in church education Wilkinson hired Howard Nielson to start a study that would predict church membership and university age membership up until the year 2000. This study was finishied in 1957, and Nielson was given a job as a teacher in the economics department. A year later Nielson was given a job offer at IBM for 3 times the Brigham Young University salary. He discussed this with Dean Weldon Taylor. Dean Taylor did not want to lose Nielson. Therefore, in 1960, Taylor created a statistics department, and Nielson stayed on.

Extent

6 folders

Language of Materials

English

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