LeAnna Stork, chair of the ASA Section on Statistical Consulting, asked members on the ASA Community to unlock the “secret sauce” and answer a few questions about what the section means to them.
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People News for August 2019
Laura Hildreth joined the Institute for Defense Analyses as a research staff member.
Biometrics Section–Sponsored JSM 2019 Papers
The Biometrics Section will sponsor several topic-contributed and invited papers at this year’s JSM in Denver.
Nancy Potok
Nancy Potok couldn’t decide if she wanted to be a forest ranger or a librarian when she grew up. Eventually, it was her love for reading that led to an interest in research, analysis, and data. She has since worked as a statistician for the public, private, and non-profit sectors and has experience in all three branches of the federal government—including being the first female deputy director at the US Census Bureau.
Harold Hotelling
Hotelling was considered a pioneer in the field of mathematical statistics and economics in the 20th century, with contributions to the theory of demand and utility,
The Short and Winding Road Through a Career in Industry
Many statistics careers are not straight paths. How do you find your way into a job that is right for you? This special issue of Amstat News focuses on the unique careers statisticians can have, including Lyndsay Noble’s. She explored many career directions before finding one that was right for her.
Technometrics Highlights: Latest Issue Covers Design, Analysis, Anomaly Detection
Volume 59, Issue 1 of Technometrics includes 11 articles covering topics ranging from design and analysis of complex, black-box computer simulations to algorithmic design approaches for customizing and enhancing key properties of physical experiments to anomaly detection in image and other high-dimensional data streams.
DC DataFest: George Mason’s ASA Chapter Wins ‘Best Visualization’ Award
The multidisciplinary team of five students from the ASA’s George Mason University Student Chapter participated in the weekend-long Big Data analysis competition April 8–10.
Leadership Is Listening: Data-Driven Decision-Making at NIGMS
AAAS Science and Technology Policy Fellow Jake Basson writes about his data-driven decision-making work at the National Institute for General Medical Sciences—and what he’s found is encouraging.
Join Us for the 5th Annual Conference on Statistical Practice
Once again, Conference on Statistical Practice will provide opportunities for attendees to learn new statistical methodologies and best practices in statistical analysis, design, consulting, and statistical programming.