The ASA San Antonio Chapter in collaboration with the ASA Student Chapter at The University of Texas at San Antonio participated in CORE4 STEM Expo and Family Day November 5, 2016. The event, organized by the City of San Antonio and San Antonio Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, is the largest STEM education event in San Antonio, attended by more than 10,000 students.
The chapters gave multiple presentations in a session titled “Statistics & Data Science: The Career of the 21st Century.”
“San Antonio has an important gap to fill in the workforce buy ativan areas of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). Statistics is one of these areas, and the San Antonio Chapter has been working hard to help close this gap,” said David Han, president of the San Antonio Chapter.
The presentations were attended by K–12 students and their families. While enjoying hands-on activities, they learned about the importance of statistics education as well as quantitative and analytical skills demanded in this data-rich era. They also learned about various career opportunities in the statistics and data science fields.
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