The minor in social research methods and applied statistics teaches you to use qualitative and quantitative research methods to answer social questions. Designed for students in the College of Liberal ...

The Center for Statistics and Advanced Analytics provides support to Boston College researchers related to the collection and the analysis of data. Our team includes statisticians and other data ...

Method comparison studies and statistical agreement analysis are essential for evaluating and validating different measurement techniques across a variety of scientific and clinical disciplines. These ...

Sociology is the scientific study of human social behavior. It considers how society influences individuals, and how individuals influence society. Sociologists describe and explain the actions of ...

In today’s evidence-driven world, there is increasing demand for researchers with the skills to design, conduct, and evaluate studies that help institutions and schools improve their decision-making ...

An ad hoc panel of nationally renowned experts in social science research, computing technology, statistical methods, privacy, and use of alternative data sources in the United States and abroad will ...

Applied statistics is the discipline that transforms real‐world data into actionable information through a variety of rigorous methodologies, ranging from classical techniques such as regression, ...

A deep learning framework combines convolutional and bidirectional recurrent networks to improve protein function prediction from genomic sequences. By automating feature extraction and capturing long ...

Students in our PhD programs are encouraged from day one to think of this experience as their first job in business academia—a training ground for a challenging and rewarding career generating ...

Psychological research is vitally important. On a personal level, knowing why people think and behave the way they do can help us shape and determine our own behaviour (“I shouldn’t go shopping when ...

Discover how econometricians use math and statistics to analyze and predict economic trends, serving in finance and academia to inform business and policy decisions.