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A Major Trend: The Rise of Undergraduate Programs in Statistics

August 1, 2012 2 Comments

Statistics majors in a class on statistical programming taught by Rebecca Ottesen in the department of statistics at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo

ASA President Bob Rodriguez explains why a record number of new college students are registering as statistics majors.

Continuing Professional Development: New Kinds of Learning for Statisticians

July 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

JSM attendees absorb new methodology at a course offered by the ASA’s Continuing Education program. Additional types of learning are needed in emerging areas of statistical practice.

ASA President Bob Rodriguez explains the success of the ASA’s Continuing Education program and describes other kinds of continuing professional development our association should support.

Big Data and Better Data

June 1, 2012 3 Comments

Bob Rodriguez talks “big data” in the June President’s Corner column.

Graduation Time: Is Your Commencement Speech Ready?

May 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Photo courtesy of the NCSU Department of Statistics

ASA President Bob Rodriguez asks, “What would your commencement speech sound like?”

Statistical Leadership: Perspectives of Past Presidents

April 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

1956 ASA President Gertrude Cox (front, fourth from left) and Bernard Greenberg (back, second from left) at the 1963 ISI session in Ottawa. Greenberg family members are Ruth (back, left), Ray (front, second from left), and Frances (front, third from left). Others are A. Ross Eckler (second from right), who served as ASA president in 1969, and Tulio Hostilio Montenegro (fifth from right), secretary general of the InterAmerican Statistical Institute.

ASA President Bob Rodriguez gives his insights on leadership from past ASA presidents and a little-known story about one of our best-known presidents.

Statistical Leadership: Developing Leaders Through ASA Service

March 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

ASA president, Bob Rodriguez, focuses on ways in which ASA service offers opportunities for developing leadership potential.

Statistical Leadership: Preparing Our Future Leaders

February 1, 2012 1 Comment

ASA President Robert Rodriguez explains our need for statistical leaders and offers ways to develop leaders of the future.

A New Year and New Initiatives

January 1, 2012 Leave a Comment

Robert Rodriguez

In his first President’s Corner column, Robert Rodriguez discusses his initiatives for 2012.

The Twilight Zone

December 2, 2011 Leave a Comment

ASA President Nancy Geller writes about the twilight of her year as president and how her future plans will shape the ASA.

Beware the Fabulous!

November 1, 2011 Leave a Comment

ASA President Nancy Geller looks at whether science is as good in correcting itself as we would like it to be.

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