The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians is giving you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Allison Florance explains why she found a master’s degree to be right for her.
Columns
What a Year It Has Been!
ASA President Wendy Martinez shares her top 10 highlights from her term and says she ends this year with renewed appreciation of the ASA community.
Gratitude!
This month, ASA President Wendy Martinez uses her column to express her gratitude to colleagues around the world.
Stanford Big Earth Hackathon Takes on Wildfires
In a year in which the Data for Good community has striven to address so many concerns, the wildfires in the western United States have been one of the most dramatic.
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 2
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Mark Otto discusses the path he took after earning his master’s degree.
Francesca Dominici of Harvard Receives Award for Betterment of Society
Dominici was honored for her high-quality, innovative, and policy-relevant science; her commitment to transparency and reproducibility in science; and her work in developing statistical methods for evaluating health effects of exposure to air pollution.
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD?
In graduate school or after, many of us become statistical Hamlets, asking, “to get a PhD or not to get a PhD?” Unable to pull off an acceptable crossover trial, the ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees.
Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion
In her column this month, Wendy Martinez announces the formation of the ASA’s Anti-Racism Task Force and talks to the co-chairs, Adrian Coles and David Marker, about their important work and how others can contribute.
Everyone Counts: Data for the Public Good
In her latest President’s Corner column, Wendy Martinez talks about data for good from the vantage point of being president of the ASA.
Student Projects for the Greater Good—COVID-19 Edition
Columnist David Corliss shares his thoughts about Data for Good student projects in the year of COVID-19, including term papers, science fair entries, conference presentations and posters, and volunteer work for community organizations.