The Southern Regional Council on Statistics

The Southern Regional Council on Statistics (SRCOS) was formally founded in 1989 after a 34 year history as a Committee on Statistics of the Southern Regional Education Board. SRCOS is an organization dedicated to fostering cooperation in statistical affairs among institutions concerned with higher education.

The mission of SRCOS is to promote the improvement of postsecondary education in statistical science, assist in the development of high quality statistics instruction in elementary and high schools, and promulgate educational activities that improve the quality of statistical practices. SRCOS fulfills this mission by fostering and facilitating cooperation among institutions in its membership region concerned with statistics education.

Specific examples of SRCOS activities in fulfilling its mission are providing forums for communication on effective approaches to solving common problems with statistical training, sponsoring (joint with ASA) annual summer research conferences, and maintaining an electronic network for sharing statistical information among its members.