The current issue features book reviews, two new columns, and an article revisiting Deming’s framework on management. Learn more about CHANCE‘s Generative Art Contest, as well.
Book reviews
CHANCE Highlights: Issue Looks at Black History Month, Slot Machines, and Crowd Funding
The February issue of CHANCE includes an interview with Emery Brown, as well as articles on crowd-funding, slot machines, statistics education, and misattribution.
Statistical Practice Articles Open Issue
The August issue of The American Statistician opens with the Statistical Practice article, “Strategies for Pulling the Goalie in Hockey,” by David Beaudoin and Tim B. Swartz. The authors develop methodology to assess strategies for hockey teams to pull their goaltender. Does it pay to pull a goaltender when trailing in the game, and if so, when? Using data from the National Hockey League and Bayesian methods, the authors develop a simulator that allows them to compare strategies.
Statistics Curricula, March Madness Featured in May Issue
Here are the highlights to the May 2010 issue of The American Statistician, which opens with the feature article “Computing in the Statistics Curricula” by Deborah Nolan and Duncan Temple Lang.
March Issue Features Call to Action for Statisticians
The March 2010 issue of the Journal of the American Statistical Association features a diverse set of articles. Here are the highlights.