For the third year, the ASA’s Bay Area Chapter (SFASA) hosted its K–12 student summer project program, which brings together students to design projects under the mentorship of SFASA officers and volunteers.
California
Dates are Set for the 2022 Quality and Productivity Research Conference
The conference will take place June 13–16 in Mountain View, California, and at San Francisco State University. The theme is “Data Science, Statistics, and Responsibility.”
Demystifying Apportionment Computations for the US House of Representatives
Basic arithmetic skill (multiplication, division, and taking square roots) is all one needs to remove any mystery concerning the details of the computations about how to determine the number of seats each state gets based on its population.
Women in Statistics and Data Science Is Headed to the West Coast
Building on the success of last year’s conference, which welcomed more than 300 attendees and 25 sponsors and exhibitors, the 2017 Women in Statistics and Data Science Conference will be held in sunny La Jolla, California—its first time on the West Coast—October 19–21.
What Should I Tell a Soon-to-Be College Freshman About the Value of Taking a Statistics Course?
President Nathaniel Schenker answers the question, “Will you advise your son to take a course in statistics?”
Chapters Participate in Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
The Southern California and Orange County/Long Beach chapters participated in the 2014 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair May 12–16 in Los Angeles.
For the Adventurous: Longer Trips Within San Diego County
There are many places to see when you are in San Diego for JSM, some of which are an hour or more away. Here, you can read about places members of the JSM local area committee recommend that are a bit further away.