統計科學的中心目的是通過以中等技術水平呈現當代統計思想的全部范圍，使統計和概率的廣大實踐者、研究人員和學生能夠接觸到，從而傳達該領域的豐富性、廣泛性和統一性。

The central purpose of Statistical Science is to convey the richness, breadth and unity of the field by presenting the full range of contemporary statistical thought at a moderate technical level, accessible to the wide community of practitioners, researchers and students of statistics and probability.