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[1 Aug 2021 | One Comment | 503 views]

The Committee on Applied Statisticians (CAS) has organized several sessions covering a range of topics during this year’s virtual JSM.

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[1 Jan 2021 | Comments Off on To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 4 | 873 views]

The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Erin Twomey-Wilson explains why she found a master’s degree to be the best fit for her.

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[1 Dec 2020 | Comments Off on To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 3 | 1,114 views]

The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians is giving you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Allison Florance explains why she found a master’s degree to be right for her.

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[1 Nov 2020 | One Comment | 1,488 views]
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 2

The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Mark Otto discusses the path he took after earning his master’s degree.

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[1 Oct 2020 | One Comment | 3,095 views]
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD?

In graduate school or after, many of us become statistical Hamlets, asking, “to get a PhD or not to get a PhD?” Unable to pull off an acceptable crossover trial, the ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees.

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[2 Jan 2019 | Comments Off on Making Decisions for a Long, Satisfying Career | 6,691 views]
Making Decisions for a Long, Satisfying Career

Susan Duke uses her career as an example of finding your way to a job that gives you internal meaning and purpose.

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[1 May 2018 | Comments Off on Early-Career Statistician Offers Language, Tools for Establishing Influence | 1,816 views]

Jessica Lavery shares the tools she picked up during her first few years as a statistician that have proven useful in gaining respect and being taken seriously by senior collaborators.

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[1 Apr 2018 | Comments Off on The Important Role of the Master’s Statistician in Clinical Trials | 3,222 views]

Master’s statisticians make invaluable contributions to projects at the Data Coordination Unit, the data coordinating center for several multicenter clinical trials and clinical trial networks.

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[1 Mar 2018 | Comments Off on A Master’s in Statistics from a Scientist’s Perspective | 2,726 views]

Sheila Rosenberg believes pursing a master’s degree in statistics is worth the hard work. Here, she explains what she learned through the process and gives reasons for why she recommends a master’s in statistics.

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[1 Feb 2018 | One Comment | 1,410 views]

This month, columnist Wayne Fischer discusses his life lessons after 45 years of applying, consulting, and teaching applied statistics—first in industry and then in health care.