The Committee on Applied Statisticians (CAS) has organized several sessions covering a range of topics during this year’s virtual JSM.
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JSM 2021: Data for Good and the Stories It Tells
David Corliss recommends making JSM 2021 the event that will help you tell your own Data for Good story and offers suggestions for sessions and search terms to get involved.
The Value of Vulnerability to Statisticians
ASA President Rob Santos says being vulnerable can lead to genuine intellectual, personal, and career growth. It’s about being honest with yourself and others, allowing yourself to take your best shot at a career choice or a novel approach to a problem, or voicing a totally different perspective on research that gets people to think more critically.
Flipping the Research Framework
ASA President Rob Santos illustrates how one might flip a research framework to create opportunity through a new perspective—something he sometimes does when working on policy issues as a reality check.
ASA GivesBack: Volunteering Opportunities and Networking for Students and Early-Career Statisticians
David Corliss says the American Statistical Association’s ongoing commitment to community service is one of the most important commitments we have as a professional society. This month, he features ASA GivesBack, a two-pronged philanthropic initiative that includes fundraising and volunteerism, organizing one event per year in each area.
Pastimes of Statisticians: What Does Arshi Arora Like to Do When She Is Not Being a Statistician?
Arshi Arora works as a research biostatistician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. When she’s not busy being a statistician, she enjoys pottery and podcasting.
Education Advocacy: Bending the ‘Moral Arc of the Universe’ with Data for Good
Education advocacy has a special place in Data for Good, partly for addressing such an important issue and also for how it builds the future.
Using Our Superpowers to Contribute to the Public Good
Rob Santos believes statisticians are superheroes, but their superpowers are only as good as their underlying assumptions.
A Stormy Spring Sprouts Blossoms of Optimism
Rob Santos hopes we see a spring season that blossoms with health, tolerance, and friendship.
Applications Sought for ASA Science Policy Fellowship
A one- to two-year position, the fellow will be based at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia; however, they will spend much of their time in Washington, DC, advocating for statistics and experiencing first-hand how federal science policy is formed.