math.ST Statistics
- almost everywhere
- Accurate polling
- Fraud detection: whether financial (e.g. via Benford's law) or voter fraud.
- Used in the world of finance, economics and gambling on a daily basis.
- Predicting consumer preferences (e.g. Netflix prize)
- Experimental design and hypothesis testing (e.g. testing of medical hypotheses)
- Machine learning
- Quality controlQuality control