The ASA has established the Douglas A. Zahn Grant for Advancing Interpersonal Excellence, awarding $2,500 annually to individuals enhancing interpersonal skills in statistics and data science, honoring Zahn’s legacy in statistical consulting and education.
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Fourth ASA Survey of Bachelor’s Graduates Tracks Rapidly Evolving Job Market
With the emergence of data science, machine learning, and AI, much has changed in the job market since the American Statistical Association’s first follow-up survey of bachelor’s graduates in 2017. This fourth survey of the graduating class of 2023 covers many changes, as well as considerable consistency.
Diversity in Backgrounds, Careers a Major Theme in Survey of Master’s Graduates
The 2023 statistics and biostatistics master’s graduates who responded to the ASA follow-up survey in spring 2024 came to their graduate program with undergraduate majors in 45 fields and then diverged into careers and studies in a variety of sectors, regions, and fields.
JSM 2024: Highlights to Remember
JSM 2024 took place in Portland, Oregon, with the theme “Statistics and Data Science: Informing Policy and Countering Misinformation.” Check out the highlights from the exceptional lineup of sessions, posters, and speed sessions.
Special Issue on Data Visualization
In today’s world of AI and animation, telling a story with data has grown increasingly complex. For insights into how statisticians are effectively communicating their data through simple graphs, art, and animation, check out the featured articles in this month’s special issue on data visualization.
Data Visualization Poster & Statistics Project Competition Winners
First-place winners received $300, a certificate, and grade-appropriate graphing calculators provided by Texas Instruments. Second-place winners received $200 and a certificate, third-place winners received $100 and a certificate, and honorable mentions received certificates.
ASA Elects Forward-Thinking Leaders to Board of Directors
Jeri Mulrow was recently elected the 121st president of the American Statistical Association. Her term begins January 1, 2026, with a one-year term as president-elect beginning January 1, 2025. F. DuBois Bowman was elected to serve as ASA vice president. His term will begin January 1, 2025.
JASA Partners with Authors to Enhance Reproducibility
In 2016, the Journal of the American Statistical Association Applications and Case Studies introduced a reproducibility initiative to address the lack of standardized practices for reproducibility in scientific research. This initiative established minimum criteria for the inclusion of code, data, and workflow for JASA Applications and Case Studies papers and piloted a new editorial role—associate editor of reproducibility—to implement these standards. This initiative has since expanded to all original research manuscripts published in the journal.
Counting Down to JSM 2024
With the theme “Statistics and Data Science: Informing Policy and Countering Misinformation,” this conference anticipates more than 5,000 attendees and 600 sessions. Learn about the featured speakers and events.
Caucus of Industry Representatives Details Year
With significant ASA membership coming from industry, the Caucus of Industry Representatives seeks to provide a forum for surfacing issues related to industry statisticians and data scientists, as well as to facilitate interaction between industry leaders in much the same way as the Caucus of Academic Representatives serves the academic community. See what the caucus has accomplished in its first year.