一、学科地位、性质与特点统计学原理是经济、管理类各专业的核心课和专业基础课，是以大量社会经济现象的总体数量方面为研究对象的方法论科学。它以定量分析方法为主，与数学、数理统计学联系较为密切，实践性较强。二、学科结构体系本学科主要由三部分构成。第一部分：总论 First, the subject status, nature and characteristics of Statistics theory is the economy, management of the core classes and professional basic courses, is a large number of socio-economic aspects of the overall quantity of the methodology for the study of science. It is mainly quantitative analysis method, and mathematics, mathematical statistics are more closely linked, more practical. Second, the disciplinary structure of the discipline consists of three parts. The first part: general theory