The Section on Bayesian Statistical Science was active at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Chicago, Illinois, sponsoring eight invited, 10 topic-contributed, and 14 contributed sessions.
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JQAS Highlights: Fantasy Football, Basketball, Tennis, Designing Tournaments Featured in March Issue
The March 2016 issue (volume 12, issue 1) of the Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports consists of four articles with applications to fantasy football, basketball, tennis, and the optimal design of tournaments.
Physical and Engineering Sciences News for April
The ASA Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences will sponsor three roundtables covering topics from being a Bayesian in a collaborative environment to what it takes to be successful as a statistician in industry.
Bayesian Approaches for Modeling Computer Experiments Featured in May Issue
Here are highlights from the May issue of Technometrics.
Computer Experiments Motivate New Approach to Bayesian Computation
Here are the highlights of the August issue of Technometrics.
Engaging Program Planned for JSM
The Section for Statistical Programmers and Analysts’ program includes presentations and discussions focusing on R and SAS programming, Bayesian methodology, and CDISC, along with a variety of other topics of interest to statistical programmers.