Statement of Purpose

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE FOR MS APPLIED STATISTICS. Right from childhood, I was fond of mathematics and how it had the ability to convey a lot of information with so little illustrations. This, together with my consistent good performance in mathematics throughout high school, was responsible for the nurturing of a special interest in it. This childhood zeal in the subject gradually crystallized into a more mature form as I stepped into higher studies. The most significant influence on my life has been my parents. They have encouraged me to learn more always, therefore, instilling in me an urge to know beyond what is evident and a drive to study more than what was demanded by my high school teachers. These habits not only helped me greatly in my academic pursuits by increasing my hunger for knowledge but ensured that I was amongst the best in all my classes. What can be more interesting and fascinating than the structure of the world around us? I asked myself this question when I was deciding which course to pursue in my undergraduate studies. I knew two things at the time; the first was that the world can be thought of as a vault of data and secondly, that mathematical statistics is basically the science of extracting and interpreting the most fundamental knowledge from data obtained. With this mindset, I knew that statistics was the tool I needed to channel my mathematics interests and skills into the workings of nature. These ideas appealed to me and are the primary reason why I decided to choose mathematics major with statistics concentration at the Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology in Ghana, and unsurprisingly, graduated with a first class honors degree. The Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology offers training in mathematics and statistics whose standard is comparable with the best in the world. My days in this institute were an unforgettable experience. Students were to take an average of