New ASA member Andrew Triska dreams of using his statistical skills to develop tools to answer questions about contamination and adulteration in the food system. Plus, see the list of all the new ASA members who have joined recently!
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Practical Significance| Episode 29—A 360° View of ASA Journals and Publications with Eric Sampson
Did you know the ASA publishes or co-publishes 16 journals focusing on statistics in business and economics, biopharmaceutical research, agriculture, biology, the environment, sports, surveys, and so much more? Eric Sampson oversees production (a Herculean effort) and has served as the ASA journals manager since 2008. Practical Significance co-hosts Donna and Ron talk with Eric […]
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 3
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians is giving you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Allison Florance explains why she found a master’s degree to be right for her.
Leslie McClure
Leslie McClure wandered through different majors during her first two years of college, before realizing she was taking math classes “just for fun.” Eventually, she earned her PhD in biostatistics. As a biostatistician, she loves to help others do better science through her statistical expertise, while furthering her own field. She enjoys spending time with her family, writing a blog (https://statgirlblog.wordpress.com), and running when not being a department chair or clinical trials statistician.
Tian Zheng
Tian Zheng grew up in Beijing, China, and her interest in statistics stemmed from her keen curiosity in complex patterns and trends in natural and social phenomena. Currently, she works in machine learning, spatiotemporal modeling, image analysis, and social network analysis and earned the Outstanding Statistical Application Award in 2008.