News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the February issue. For a complete listing of news and information about the members of the ASA, click here.
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Ellis R. Ott Scholarship
The Statistics Division of the American Society for Quality is offering $7,500 scholarships to support students enrolled in or accepted into a master’s degree or higher program with a concentration in applied statistics and/or quality management.
Mary G. and Joseph Natrella Scholarship
The ASA Quality and Productivity Section announces the 2016 Mary G. and Joseph Natrella Scholarship, which supports student participation in the Quality and Productivity Research Conference.
John Bartko Provides Scholarship to Promising Students
John Bartko has provided a scholarship so students and early-career statisticians will be able to actively participate in the professional community.
10 ASA Members Selected as AAAS Fellows
In October, the American Association for the Advancement of Science council elected 347 members as fellows. Read on to discover which 10 are also ASA members.
Listing of Awards and Deadlines for January 2016
A list of awards and upcoming deadlines for January 2016
Statistics in Epidemiology Section News for October
The Section on Statistics in Epidemiology invites applications from young investigators who will present their papers at JSM 2016, July 30 to August 4, in Chicago.
The High Points of JSM
For those who were unable to attend or missed some of the activities, here are a few photos and highlights.
Call for Nominations: Best Nonclinical Statistical Application Paper Award
The Nonclinical Biostatistics Leaders’ Forum announces a call for nominations for best nonclinical statistical application paper published during 2011–2014.
2014 ESRA Winner Talks Statistics, Journalism, and P-Values
Science journalists and applied statisticians are kindred spirits. Both require some of the same skills. You need to be able to synthesize and analyze a large amount of information, and boil it down to its essence. You need to communicate complicated ideas in a way that’s easy for nonspecialists to understand. And you’re trained to have a healthy sense of skepticism.