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[1 Feb 2012 | 7 Comments | 978 views]
Statisticians and Clinicians: Collaborations Based on Mutual Respect

Donald A. Berry, professor of biostatistics at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, describes his policies and philosophy for developing collaborations between statisticians and clinicians.

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[1 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 326 views]
The Secret of Survival Is the Promise for the Future: The ASA at 175

Stephen Stigler, author of the book The History of Statistics, discusses the birth of The American Statistical Association and how, after 175 years, the society has adapted to the changing world.

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[1 Feb 2012 | No Comment | 46 views]

Lauren Bailey, a first-year biostatistics PhD student at the University of Illinois in Chicago, shares how she discovered the value statistics plays in the workplace.

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[1 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 454 views]
Science Advocacy: What Is It and What Is the Role of Professional Societies?

Steve Pierson, ASA director of science policy, addresses what science advocacy is and how it benefits scientific professional associations.

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[1 Jan 2012 | One Comment | 1,115 views]
Getting Graphic with Biostatistics

Susan Duke, manager of benefit risk evaluation at GlaxoSmithKline, talks about her journey into statistical graphics.

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[1 Jan 2012 | No Comment | 428 views]
Steering Committee Invites Involvement in Anniversary Planning

The American Statistical Association, the nation’s second-oldest learned society, will celebrate its 175th anniversary in 2014. The celebration is for everyone and with everyone. The members of the 175th Anniversary Steering Committee hope it will be by everyone, as well.

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 565 views]
Data Synchronization: Leveraging Existing Business Data to Better Measure the Economy

This month’s guest columnist, Adrienne Pilot of the Council of Economic Advisers, describes a major development for the federal statistical agencies. A carefully crafted proposal to Congress would allow the economic statistical agencies to better synchronize their business data, thereby allowing these agencies to improve their economic statistical data while still protecting confidentiality.

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 836 views]
On Being a Fresh Grad

It has been nine months since Andrea Barbo presented, with her classmates, in a poster session as the culmination of a year’s work for their master’s in biostatistics. Here, Barbo and her classmates share their experiences as fresh graduate students and discuss their first jobs post-master’s.

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[1 Nov 2011 | No Comment | 421 views]

ASA President Nancy Geller looks at whether science is as good in correcting itself as we would like it to be.

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[1 Aug 2011 | 7 Comments | 2,916 views]
Statistics in Science

Shari Messinger discusses the role of a collaborating statistician.