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Appreciating and Promoting the Importance of Statistics Around the World
2016 ASA President Jessica Utts recounts the lessons she learned from promoting statistics abroad and illustrates the importance of statistics in daily life.
Gender Balance in ASA Activities Update
This article continues the tradition of looking at the representation of ASA women members among a range of activities supported by the ASA, using more recent data from September 2015. This report was written on behalf of the Committee on Women in Statistics (COWIS) with the primary objective to indicate areas where gender disparities have subsided, as well as highlight those areas where they persist.
Teaching Intro Stats Students to Think with Data
With a year having passed since the release of the ASA Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science–and data science programs and courses burgeoning across the United States–Amstat News asked several educators about how they were changing their intro stats courses so students have “appropriate capacity to ‘think with data’.”
New Book Series on Statistical Reasoning in Science and Society Launched
The ASA recently partnered with Chapman & Hall/CRC Press to launch a book series describing in simple, nontechnical ways how statisticians approach problems, and how they make a difference. The editors welcome book ideas.
First Electronic Undergraduate Research Conference a Success
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) and the ASA sponsored the first electronic undergraduate statistics conference in October. More than 200 undergraduate students and their professors participated.
Data Science: The Evolution or the Extinction of Statistics?
Data science is the full-length mirror statisticians need to hold up in front of their discipline for a long time so they can examine how the field looks from multiple angles.
Call for Proposals for the Biennial Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics
Proposals are being accepted through February 1, 2016, for the Electronic Conference on Teaching Statistics.
Teaching Statistics and Data Science at a Community College
Statistics and data science degrees are some of the fastest-growing undergraduate programs in the country. We wanted to know if this growth has affected teaching statistics at community colleges and if there are any relevant changes professors have seen or experienced.
Educational Ambassador from Cuba, Nigeria Sought
The ASA is seeking qualified Cuban and Nigerian nationals to serve as the 2016 Educational Ambassador.