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Significance Highlights | Broadway Dreams: Data Behind the Drama
Broadway musicals meet data analysis in this month’s Significance Highlights.
ASA Member Finds Joining Caucus Extends Network, Allows Greater Impact
George Rodriguez explains how joining the Caucus of Industry Representatives expanded his professional network and increased his impact on the statistics profession.
Interviews with Statistics, Data Science Educators Return as JSDSE Collections Expand
The July issue of JSDSE features an interview with Jim Albert about Bayesian teaching methods, research on AI’s limitations in statistical writing instruction, and innovative classroom data sets that include Loch Ness Monster sightings and steel mill operations data.
Is It Luck or Skill? May Issue Focuses on Prediction Tournaments
This issue’s cover feature is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the educational guessing games known as prediction tournaments.
Newest Issue Focuses on AI, 2024 Data Challenge Expo
The latest issue of CHANCE includes two special themes: artificial intelligence and the 2024 ASA Data Challenge Expo.
Webinar Addresses Ethical Principles for Statistical Practitioners
Guided by the principles of accountability, transparency, and fairness, speakers Mark Glickman, Stephanie Shipp, Laura Eggers, and Andrew Gelman explored how ethical AI intersects with everything from algorithmic hiring and financial advising to neuroscience and national security.
Highlights of the April 4–5, 2025, ASA Board of Directors Meeting
On Friday, April 4, ASA President Ji-Hyun Lee called to order the first 2025 meeting of the ASA Board of Directors.
Practical Significance | Take Two: Celebrating MSAM with Claire Bowen, the Inaugural Dionne Price Public Lecture Presenter
Claire Bowen—the inaugural Dionne Price Public Lecture presenter—joined Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein for a powerful conversation about her path to statistics.
Finding the Middle Road
All around us, DEI is being challenged as never before. Under pressure to maintain government contracts and serve customers supporting the new administration, companies are discontinuing DEI programs. Yet, David Corliss says the science of diversity remains unchanged.