UP School of Statistics
| UP School of Statistics Paaralan ng Estadistika | |
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| Established | 1953 |
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| Type | University of the Philippines College (officially Degree-Granting Unit) |
| Dean | Prof. Erniel B. Barrios, Ph.D |
| Associate Deans | |
| College Secretary | Prof. Josefina V. Almeda |
| Location | Magsaysay Street, UP Diliman, Quezon City, Philippines |
| Website | UP School of Statistics Website |
The School of Statistics was established in 1953 as the Statistical Training Center, then later as Statistical Center under a bilateral agreement between the Government of the Philippines and the United Nations. Its primary objective then was to work towards the improvement of statistical services in government. Ten years later, the Center was formally turned over to the University of the Philippines in 1964, the U.P. Board of Regents approved the Bachelor of Science (Statistics) program of the Center. The B.S. (Statistics) program was implemented beginning AY 1967-1968.
In 1998, the Statistical Center changed its name to School of Statistics in order to reflect its expanded character of a degree-granting institution. At present, the School of Statistics offers one undergraduate program and three graduate programs. These are B.S. (Statistics) program, the Master of Science (MOS) program, M.S. (Statistics) program and the Ph.D. (Statistics) program. Through these programs, the School of Statistics has produced numerous distinguished statisticians in various profession and is widely recognized as the primary source of statistical expertise for the Philippine Statistical System and Industry.
Academic Programs
- Undergraduate
- Graduate
Administration
Prof. Erniel B. Barrios, Ph.D. - Dean
Prof. Josefina V. Almeda - College Secretary
Prof. Joselito C. Magadia , Ph.D. - Director for Graduate Studies
Prof. Genelyn Ma. F. Sarte - Director for Undergraduate Studies
Prof. Dennis S. Mapa, Ph.D.- Director for Research
Prof. Francisco N. De los Reyes - Director for Extension Services
Prof. Jeffry T. Tejada, Ph.D. - Director for Statistical Computing and Consulting Laboratory
Prof. Wendell Q. Campano - Faculty Assistant, Statistical Computing and Consulting Laboratory
U.P. Stat Library
The U.P. School of Statistics Library is a college library which gives bibliographic and reference support to the school's program of academic in service training, research and consultation. Its collection is limited to statistics and related fields like demography, economics, computer programming, social survey, etc. The library is located at the north wing of the new building of the School of Statistics (old CSWCD Building). It is open for service from 8:30 am to 12:00 nn. and 1:00 pm to 6:00pm every weekdays and from 8:00 am to 12:00 nn. during Saturdays. Library priviledges are accorded to all faculty alumni and regular students of the University of the Philippines and to all government officials and employees subject to existing library rules and regulations.
When the Statistical Center was established in December 1953 by virtue of an agreement concluded between the Philippine Government and the United Nations, one of the basic provisions of this Agreement was the maintenance and supervision of an adequate statistical library. Thus, the Statistical Center Library was Founded. From its initial collection of 500 books, which was largely a result of donations from the United Nations Technical Assistance Administration and from other agencies both local and abroad, the library has sought to strengthen and expand its collection through the years.
This challenging task was first entrusted to UP College Manila librarian, Perla Palacsil who was at the same time librarian-in-charge of the College of Public Administration and the UP Extension Division Davao library. She was also assisted by Mrs. Asuncion De Chavez, assistant-in-charge regarding the maintenance and servicing of the Statistical Center Library. Moreover, the UP College Manila staff, including student assistants, serviced not only UPCM library was overcrowding and lack of space. The STC Library, housed at Rizal Hall, shared space with five other unit libraries -- UPCM library itself, Public Administration, Population Institute, Local Government Center and the Philippine Executive Academy.
Hence in 1979 the SCT Library collection was temporarily and jointly housed with the College of Business Administration collection at the 1st floor of the new CBA building in Diliman and at the Reserve-Circulation Section at the 5th floor. The combined resources of the Business and Statistical Center libraries were organized into a BS/STC collection and housed in the 1st floor of the Business library. The collection was designed to meet the curricular and research requirement of graduate and undergraduate students, faculty members, staff and alumni of both colleges.
The resources of the Library are divided into the following categories:
- COMPUTERIZED SEARCH
- Online Public Access Catalog (OPAC)
- INTERNET SERVICES
- e-Lib's Website
- ONLINE SUBSRCIPTIONS
- PROQUEST Academic Reserach Library Group'
- Asia Pacific Limited (ACM Digital Libraries;
- ACS Journals, AIP/APS Journals, etc.)
- REFERENCE BOOKS
- CIRCULATION BOOKS
- RESERVE BOOKS
U.P. Statistical Computing and Consulting Laboratory
The U.P. School of Statistics' Statistical Computing and Consulting Laboratory is composed of three laboratories: Computer Labs 1 and 2, where classes are usually held; and the Faculty Lab, where the U.P. Stat Faculty members usually do consultation and other academic-related work. There are 24 computers in Computer Lab 1, 23 computers in Computer Lab 2 and 3 computers in the Faculty Lab. Undergraduate classes such as Statistics 124 (Introduction to Programming) and Statistics 125 (Applications Software and Software Packages), as well as some graduate classes are usually held at Computer Lab 1.
References
UP School of Statistics website (http://www.stat.upd.edu.ph/index.html)
