Women make an appearance in the 2012 JSM Registration Guide, but they are not among the most visible performers. Amanda L. Golbeck of the University of Montana suggests ways the ASA can ensure women play a more prominent role during the Joint Statistical Meetings.
A Statistician's View
A Seven-Year Itch … or a Seventh-Inning Stretch
Sastry Pantula, 2010 president of the ASA, looks back on his years of service to the association and enthusiastically views the years ahead.
Response to ‘Statistics à la Mode’
In the November issue of Math Horizon’s Aftermath column, the essay “Statistics à la Mode,” written by Meg Dillon, discussed the difficulty she experienced as a mathematics professor teaching an introductory statistics course. In response to her essay, several members of the Special Interest Group of the Mathematical Association of America on Research in Undergraduate Mathematics Education explain how teaching statistics is different than teaching mathematics.
Trust Your Science? Open Your Data and Code
Reproducibility in the computational sciences seems to be capturing everyone’s attention. Movements to address the reliability of published computational results are arising in fields as disparate as geophysics, political science, fluid dynamics, computational harmonic analysis, fMRI research, and bioinformatics.
A Note from the Director, Division of Mathematical Sciences at NSF
Sastry Pantula, 2010 ASA President, discusses his goals, new opportunities, and the the budget of the Division of Mathematical Sciences at the National Science Foundation.
How the Statistical System Can Help Create Jobs
E.J. Reedy, a research fellow for the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, discusses how the current statistical system can improve economic growth and job creation.
Authors Disagree with Claims in Review of The Path Forward
Authors Cathy Wendler (Principal Director, Foundational and Validity Research, Educational Testing Service) and Nathan Bell (Director, Research and Policy Analysis, Council of Graduate Schools) explain their disagreement of a recent review of The Path Forward.
Careful Statistical Reasoning Can Provide Support for Supreme Court Decisions
Statisticians Comment on Status of Climate Change Science
Letters from ASA members in response to the March Amstat News article “Statisticians Comment on Status of Climate Change Science,” by Richard L. Smith, L. Mark Berliner, and Peter Guttorp
Feedback: Odds Are, It’s Wrong
A response to the article “Odds Are, It’s Wrong,” published in the March 27 issue of Science News. ASA members wrote the letter to the editor and cited the writer’s failure to clearly distinguish between the misuses of statistics and its methodological limitations.