The updated ASA Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science were adopted in November by the ASA Board of Directors.
Education
‘Getting Much Further, Much Faster’
The University of Auckland’s Chris Wild writes that the universe of data, big and otherwise, is growing explosively, and argues we have to find ways to get much further, much faster—to open our students’ eyes to an enormously wider world of possibility, opportunity, and excitement.
You Are the Master of Your Master’s
Natalie Cheung Hall discusses the benefits of having a master’s degree.
Education Program Hosts Colombian Ambassador
As the 2014 ASA Educational Ambassador, Juan Carlos Salazar Uribe of the Universidad Nacional de Colombia attended the Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts, to participate in Continuing Education courses.
BAPS Workshop Held with JSM
The American Statistical Association/National Council of Teachers of Mathematics Joint Committee on Curriculum in Statistics and Probability sponsored a Beyond AP Statistics workshop at the annual Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston on August 6.
Workshops for Math, Science Teachers Held in Boston
The American Statistical Association sponsored a two-day Meeting Within a Meeting statistics workshop for middle- and high-school mathematics and science teachers August 5–6 during the 2014 Joint Statistical Meetings in Boston, Massachusetts.
Statistics Poster and Project Competition Winners
The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2014 Poster Competition and Project Competition.
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.
Gain Career Insights from Biopharmaceutical Section Podcasts
The ASA Biopharmaceutical Section is producing podcasts to provide news and highlights on upcoming conferences, educate the community on various areas of statistics in pharmaceutical development, and share the educational and professional background of section members.
Teaching the Process of Statistical Investigations with a Randomization-Based Curriculum
The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education (CAUSE) announces two workshops related to teaching introductory statistics using randomization-based approaches and emphasizing the overarching process of conducting statistical investigations.