Statistics Placement Examination

Most students who wish to register for Sta 10, 101, 102 or 102B will need to take a placement exam. There are two exceptions.

• Students who declared a major by March 29, 2007 are exempt from the exam and may register for any of Sta 10, 101, 102 or 102B when they are offered.
• Students who have AP credit or who have passed Sta 10 may register for Sta 101, 102 or 102B without taking the placement exam.

The placement exam covers middle school and high school math, not statistics. Duke Statistics offers the placement exam three times per semester -- summers excepted -- but each student may attempt the examination only once per registration period. Specifically, for courses offered in a given semester, the exam will be offered twice during the preceding semeseter (generally prior to the registration period) and once at the beginning of the given semester (so students can register during drop/add). Students should note that earning placement for a particular course does NOT guarantee that a space will be available in that course: priority for registration will still follow the registrar's rotating schedule.

Once you have taken the placement exam and qualified for a particular course, that qualification is valid for your time at Duke. If for some reason you do not take the class at the time you qualify -- e.g., the class is full -- you do not have to retake the placement exam.

The placement examination will next be offered:

• January 11, 2010, 9:00AM - 10:00AM, 116 Old Chemistry
• January 12, 2010, 9:00AM - 10:00AM, 116 Old Chemistry

You may sign up to take the placement exam using the Placement Exam Signup application (Duke NetID login required):

Placement Exam Signup

For further information, please email the DUS at dus@stat.duke.edu