General Purpose

To support instruction, study, and research at B.S. and M.S. levels in Statistics and M.B.A. and Ph.D. levels in Business Administration.

Subject Description

The program emphasizes the following subject areas: applied reliability studies, Bayesian analysis, biostatistics, design of experiments, generalized linear models, multivariate analysis, nonparametrics, sampling, statistical computing, statistical process control, stochastic processes, and time series analysis. Related courses taught in other departments include measurement theory, probability, and survey research.

Overlap with Other Subjects

Statistics overlaps with mathematics, computer science, psychology, biological sciences, and engineering. Additionally, statistics provides a research interface with other departments in the College of Business Administration.

Languages Collected and Excluded

Primarily English language materials are collected.

Geographic Parameters

Publications from the United States, Great Britain, and Western Europe are primarily collected. Other areas are considered selectively.

Chronological Scope

Emphasis is on current research. Classic texts are collected selectively.

Dates of Publication

Current publications are primarily collected.

Retrospective Acquisitions

Retrospective collecting is very limited and performed only under special circumstances.

Types of Materials Collected and Excluded

All types of materials are collected, but the emphasis is on advanced texts, scholarly monographs, and research publications and journals.

Formats of Materials Collected and Excluded

In addition to print formats, all other formats are collected.

Cooperation with Other Libraries

No formal cooperative collection development agreements are in place.

Alternative Access to Resources

Interlibrary loan is a source of materials not in the UT collection. Membership in the Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) provides computer tape copies of data for statistical research purposes.

Position Responsible for Collection

Business Reference Librarian, Karmen Crowther

Corresponding Fund

Business Administration, Ward, College of Business Library

Other Factors

None

May 31, 2002