Juniors Allison Burch, Jordan Johnson, Brianna Lace, and Riley Stephens from Cross County High School won honorable mention in the ASA Regional Poster Competition. Their work proceeded to receive national attention.
Education
Three Lesson Plans Win STEW Competition
Read about the winners of this year’s STatistics Education Web (STEW) lesson plan competition and their lesson plans.
Second eCOTS Set for May
The Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) will take place online from May 19–23.
Undergraduates Provide Solutions to Data Analytics Problems
The department of mathematics and statistics at Winona State University will host the Midwest Undergraduate Data Analytics Competition 2014 in Winona, Minnesota, April 5–6.
Winners Announced for Best STEW/Census at School Lesson
The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the competition for the best new STatistics Education Web (STEW) lessons using U.S. Census at School.
Second eCOTS on Tap for Spring
The Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics (eCOTS) will take place May 19–23, 2014.
Professional Development Opportunities at JMM 2014
Registration continues for the Interactive Probability Instruction and the Teaching Statistical Investigation Process with Randomization-Based Inference workshops to be held January 14, before the opening of the Joint Mathematics Meetings in Baltimore, Maryland.
2014 Internships
Every year, a list of internship opportunities for students is published in the print issue of Amstat News and this year they are posted on the new professional’s website, STATtr@k.
Second Biennial Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics
The Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics will take place May 12–16, 2014.
Webinar Series Planned to Help Update Guidelines for Undergraduate Statistics Programs
A new workgroup has organized a series of webinars to discuss the Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science.