1. “Better Data, Better Lives” Celebrating World Statistics Day

2. Source: Significance Magazine, January 2014 (www.statslife.org.uk/history-of-stats-science/1190-the-timeline-of-statistics).

6. Virginia Tech Department of Statistics Timeline Department Est. 19492015 Department 1957: B.S. approved 1951: Ph.D. approved 1927: 1st stats courses taught 1948: Stat Section & Stat Lab est. 2006:

7. Department Est. 1949 1936: Fisher’s Iris Data Size: 2,218 bytes (3 flower types x 4 variables x 50 observations)

8. Business e-mails sent per year: 2,986,100 terrabytes (Tb) Content uploaded to Facebook each year: 182,500 terrabytes Google’s search index: 97,6560 terrabytes Kaiser’s digital health records: 30,720 Tb YouTube videos uploaded/year: 15,000 Tb Large Hadron Collider output/year: 15,360 Tb Source: Wired Magazine (www.wired.com/2013/04/bigdata/) US Census Bureau data: 3,789 Tb National Climatic Center database: 6,144 Tb NASDAQ stock market database: 3,072 Tb Library of Congress digital collection: 5,120 Tb

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