Widespread use of methods of probability theory and mathematical statistics in economics and practice requires a broader and more thorough training of specialists in various sectors of the economy in the field of their development of modern mathematical knowledge. Virtually all processes occurring in the organization of production, finance, marketing, banking, management, have elements of uncertainty, complexity, multiplicity, ie are characterized by chance. Therefore, it is very important to manage the economy is to establish patterns in random phenomena. The use of statistical methods of data processing makes it possible to identify real patterns that objectively exist in mass random phenomena. On the basis of such data processing it is possible to make a forecast of economic development with certain accuracy, to calculate the risks of economic activity, to predict crises and other socio-economic phenomena that are random.
