Veteran educator Henry Kranendonk reflects on his journey as a teacher and why helping students understand the importance of statistics is just as important as teaching them how to use it.
Jerry Moreno: An Architect of Modern Statistics Education
Jerry Moreno reflects on a 58-year career dedicated to helping students move beyond memorizing formulas to developing statistical thinking skills.
Patrick Hopfensperger: Bridging the Gap from State Standards to Teaching Statistical Thinking in the Classroom
For decades, Patrick Hopfensperger has helped educators bring statistical thinking into classrooms. Here, he shares why and how involving students helps develop their skills.
Data Literacy Education: Why We Need More Than Technical Skills
Data literacy is becoming a civic skill—not just a professional one. Here, Danijela Markovic and Oskar Kärcher explore why data literacy education goes beyond coding and statistics to developing scientific, systems, computational, critical, creative, and ethical thinking.
Update on Diversity in Education
In his latest article, David Corliss looks at the changes shaping DEI programs and shares how institutions are adapting while continuing to support student success, ethics, and inclusion.
Can AI Make Data Analysis More Accessible?
In the latest issue of “The American Statistician,” authors examine how LLM-powered data agents are opening new possibilities for making data analysis more accessible to those with limited technical expertise.
Akua Kwartemaa Owusu: Driven by Curiosity, Guided by Data
For Akua, statistics is about more than numbers. It is about using evidence responsibly to address health challenges, identify inequities, and improve outcomes for communities around the world.
Meet New Member: Brie Coyne
Meet Brie, who started off as an English major who hated numbers until she read “Love and Math” by Edward Frenkel. A book that changed her life.
ASA Journals: A World of Impact
While no single metric tells the whole story, one thing is clear: Statisticians around the world are reading and downloading ASA journals.
This Month in Statistics History—How Statistical Evidence Transformed Patient Safety
How do James Smith, Ignaz Semmelweis, and Louis Isaac Dublin fit in to World Patient Safety Day? They all used statistical methods to help change the way we understand patient safety.