There are many applied sessions taking place at this year’s JSM in Seattle. Here, Chuck Kincaid sorts through some of the best opportunities and lists them for you.
Master's Notebook
Cultural Values, Statistical Displays
Ian Crandell, from Virginia Tech, visited Nigeria this past January and shares what he learned about cross-cultural statistical collaboration.
You Are the Master of Your Master’s
Natalie Cheung Hall discusses the benefits of having a master’s degree.
Masters Without Borders
Marcos Carzolio reflects on his summer in Mozambique collecting, cleaning, and analyzing data.
Type IV Errors: How Collaboration Can Lead to Simpler Analyses
Jonathan Stallings talks about the lessons he learned while being a lead statistical collaborator at Virginia Tech’s Laboratory for Interdisciplinary Statistical Analysis.
Increasing the Visibility of the Statistics Profession
Sharon Murray of GlaxoSmithKline, Amarjot Kaur of Merck Research Laboratories, and Jennifer Gauvin of GlaxoSmithKline share some of the ideas for increasing visibility that arose during a panel discussion organized by the members of the Committee on Applied Statisticians.
Developing Successful Career Relationships: Leveraging Mentoring, Coaching, and Sponsorship
There is more to career growth than being mentored. Here, Sara Kalicin illustrates how coaching, and sponsoring are also needed to leverage a persons career.
How Statistics Training Can Lead to Management
Whitney Murphy, senior statistician for NORC at the University of Chicago, discusses how statistics training can lead to an opportunity in management.
Where Does a Statistician Fit in the Big Data Era?
Andy Hoegh describes the essential skills residing in the four domains of the ideal modern statistician.
If I Were Starting Over …
Master’s level statistician Richard Morris discusses what he would be doing now if he were starting over as a statistician.