PhD Statistics

The world s financial markets produce an enormous stream of data, and the understanding of the techniques needed to analyze and extract information from this stream has become critical. Doctoral work in statistics combines theory and methodology to deal with the large quantity of statistical data. Here at Stern we use the theoretical and methodological orientation of a traditional statistics with a focus on the applications that are central to the concerns of a business school. The PhD thesis work at Stern is a mathematically sophisticated enterprise that never loses sight of the real and practical problems of business.