Ito P K
Environ Health Perspect. 1979 Oct;32:21-3. doi: 10.1289/ehp.793221.
The teaching of statistics in the U.S. and Japanese universities is briefly reviewed. It is found that H. Hotelling's articles and subsequent relevant publications on the teaching of statistics have contributed to a considerable extent to the establishment of excellent departments of statistics in U.S. universities and colleges. Today the U.S. may be proud of many well-staffed and well-organized departments of theoretical and applied statistics with excellent undergraduate and graduate programs. On the contrary, no Japanese universities have an independent department of statistics at present, and the teaching of statistics has been spread among a heterogeneous group of departments of application. This was mainly due to the Japanese government regulation concerning the establishment of a university. However, it has recently been revised so that an independent department of statistics may be started in a Japanese university with undergraduate and graduate programs. It is hoped that discussions will be started among those concerned on the question of organization of the teaching of statistics in Japanese universities as soon as possible.
本文简要回顾了美国和日本大学的统计学教学情况。研究发现，哈罗德·霍特林（H. Hotelling）的文章以及随后关于统计学教学的相关出版物，在很大程度上促进了美国大学和学院中优秀统计系的建立。如今，美国有许多人员配备精良、组织完善的理论与应用统计系，拥有出色的本科和研究生项目，这值得美国为之骄傲。相反，目前日本没有一所大学设有独立的统计系，统计学教学分散在不同类型的应用系中。这主要是由于日本政府对大学设立的规定所致。不过，该规定最近已修订，这样日本大学有可能开设具有本科和研究生项目的独立统计系。希望相关人士尽快就日本大学统计学教学的组织问题展开讨论。
