The purpose of the Undergraduate Statistics Project Competition is to encourage the development of data analysis skills, enhance presentation skills, and recognize outstanding work by undergraduate statistics students.
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Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics Comes with $1M Award, Recognition
The King Baudouin Foundation—a large public utility foundation in Belgium—recently established the Rousseeuw Prize for Statistics, which comes with a $1 million award. Nominations will be accepted until March 31.
ASA Member Joins Institute for Defense Analyses as Summer Associate
Andrew Furlong, a student at Carnegie Mellon University, is working toward a bachelor’s degree in statistics and machine learning.
JSM 2021: Data for Good and the Stories It Tells
David Corliss recommends making JSM 2021 the event that will help you tell your own Data for Good story and offers suggestions for sessions and search terms to get involved.
The Steven Miller Controversy: A Personal Perspective
Richard De Veaux discusses a colleague’s involvement in allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
Statistics Without Borders: Professionals Using Statistics and Data for Social Good
Statistics Without Borders helps others avoid critical statistical mistakes. In just about every case, organizations want to use the best statistical practices. But many organizations may not have the time, expertise, or financial resources to cut through the noise and understand how to best proceed. This is where Statistics Without Borders helps.
Statistician’s View: The Right Tone Sustains Productive Dialogue
Statisticians and data scientists are in unique positions to set the correct tone for conversations between collaborators. The approaches used when giving advice should be as thoughtful as the advice given.
A Glimpse into the CDC’s Innovation, Technology, and Analytics Task Force
Local and state governments, the White House, business owners, and the general public depend on the data, analysis, and guidelines recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to make important decisions. However, not everyone knows how complicated it is to collect, clean, and analyze the data related to the pandemic and communicate it in a way that is easy to understand. Here, Stephanie Dietz—a statistician at the CDC who is part of the Innovation, Technology, and Analytics Task Force (currently focused on COVID-19)—explains a little of what she does.
Statistics Calculator a Resource for Students
A free statistics calculator by Datatab makes statistical data analysis easy and readily available.
Quality and Productivity Section to Hold 37th Research Conference
The Quality and Productivity Research Conference is the main annual meeting for the ASA Quality and Productivity Section.