The August 2021 issue of The American Statistician is available online and features 13 articles across different sections of the journal. One of the benefits of ASA membership is free access to online issues of TAS.
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Loni Tabb Gives Insight on Winning First Annie T. Randall Award
The Annie T. Randall Innovator Award was established to recognize early-career statistical innovators across all job sectors and honor path-breaking Black female statistician Annie T. Randall for her pioneering career in government amid pervasive racial discrimination. Established in 2020 by the Biometrics Section, the award provides a $2,000 prize each year and is co-sponsored by the Mental Health Statistics Section. The inaugural awardee is Loni Tabb, an associate professor at Drexel University.
Bayesian Methods Widespread in February Issue of TAS
The February 2021 issue of The American Statistician (TAS) is available online and features 13 articles and one letter to the editor. One of the benefits of ASA membership is free access to the online issues of TAS.
May Issue of TAS Now Online; Print Copies Delayed
The May 2020 issue of The American Statistician (TAS) is now online, although print copies will be delayed because of the COVID-19 crisis.
John Peterson Receives Award for Bayesian Approach
John Peterson, senior director in chemistry and manufacturing control statistics at GlaxoSmithKline Pharmaceuticals, was recently presented with the 2019 AIChE Pharmaceutical Discovery, Development, and Manufacturing Award.
Joyee Ghosh
Joyee Ghosh had to choose between taking a statistics or biology course in high school. Because the thought of dissecting frogs terrified her, she chose statistics. Today, she is an associate professor in the department of statistics and actuarial science at the University of Iowa. When students ask her for career advice, she tells them they should follow their heart, work hard, and take things as they come.
November TAS Spans Range of Topics
The November 2019 issue of The American Statistician features 11 articles and two letters to the editor.
August Issue of TAS Features a Dozen Articles on Variety of Topics
The August 2019 issue of The American Statistician features a dozen articles that span a variety of interesting topics.
Sir Harold Jeffreys
Sir Harold Jeffreys was a British geophysicist who made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics. His book, Theory of Probability, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.
Physical and Engineering Sciences News for May 2018
The Physical and Engineering Sciences Section will support four roundtables as part of JSM 2018.