Who are you, and what is your statistics position?
I am Doug Tyson and I teach statistics at Central York High School. Although I began my teaching career as a mathematics teacher, I love teaching statistics. My full teaching schedule consists of statistics courses, including AP Statistics, non-AP Statistics, and Statistical Reasoning in Sports. I am happy to be an ASA member and currently serve on the ASA/NCTM Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability.
Tell us about what you like to do for fun when you are not being a statistician.
I like to hunt, fish, and read, but one of my more unusual hobbies is making snow. My brother-in-law got me interested in making snow. I use a manifold to force water out of two pressure washer nozzles and a water/air mixture out of the third and lowest nozzle. The mixture that comes out of the lower nozzle freezes almost instantly under the right atmospheric conditions. Then the water droplets from the two higher nozzles fall through that frozen mixture, forming larger “flakes.”
What drew you to this hobby, and what keeps you interested?
I was drawn to snow-making out of my desire for world domination. If I can control the weather, I think I stand a good chance of controlling the world. My first preference is to plunge the world into eternal autumn because of the lovely colors and crisp weather. However, I have not perfected this technique, so eternal winter is my backup plan. Additionally, it’s fun to host sledding parties when the rest of the neighborhood doesn’t have any snow at all. If you look closely at the picture, you’ll see there is green grass all around the big pile of snow in my yard.
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