David Corliss, data scientist and Stats4Good column writer for Amstat News tells us about his journey as an ASA member.
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Collaboration Videos Help Train Next Generation of Applied Statisticians
With support from the American Statistical Association’s member initiatives program, Julia Sharp, Megan Higgs, and Emily Griffith—with the help of Ann Hess—created a set of 10 short videos covering challenging and salient topics of communication for collaborative statisticians. The videos are freely available online and cover subjects including communication and planning, aspects of statistical inference, and professional ethics.
Legislative Advocacy and Data Science
Sarah Warner offers up tips to help Data for Good statistician-advocates.
NYU Abu Dhabi and Pfizer Inc. Collaboration Drives Progress
New York University Abu Dhabi and the Upjohn Division of Pfizer Inc. work to build scientific research capacity in the United Arab Emirates. The long-term vision of the partnership is to harness observational data, randomized clinical trials, and analytical skills to generate real-world evidence to advance the prevention and management of noncommunicable diseases.
2019 Joint Statistical Meetings Worth Attending in Person?
In her latest column, Karen Kafadar discusses the size of the Joint Statistical Meetings and what you take away when you attend in person.
Nancy Potok
Nancy Potok couldn’t decide if she wanted to be a forest ranger or a librarian when she grew up. Eventually, it was her love for reading that led to an interest in research, analysis, and data. She has since worked as a statistician for the public, private, and non-profit sectors and has experience in all three branches of the federal government—including being the first female deputy director at the US Census Bureau.
Nontraditional Collaboration: A Success Story at JSM 2016
A group of early-stage statisticians decided to meet up over a cup of coffee and ended up publishing in a top-tier statistical journal without an expert senior author and no major funding support.
Universities, Industry Collaborate to Benefit All
Members of the ASA Committee on Funded Research sought to learn about how university departments engage industry in research collaborations. They found some departments willing to share their experiences by answering the questions included here.
Early-Career Statistician Offers Language, Tools for Establishing Influence
Jessica Lavery shares the tools she picked up during her first few years as a statistician that have proven useful in gaining respect and being taken seriously by senior collaborators.
Who Is the American Statistician? Or, Is It Data Scientist?
Michael Latta discusses how data scientists and statisticians can coexist, work to advance methods of understanding data, and perhaps practice science together.