Jonathan Shuster and Chris Delcher recommend new procedures for consultants, their institutions, and The ASA to follow to help maintain high integrity for statistical science.
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Hiring a Data Scientist
Mikail Popov of the Wikimedia Foundation needed to backfill a data analyst position. He shares what the foundation learned and how they drew on existing resources to synthesize a better approach to interviewing and hiring a new member of their team.
STATS 101: Making Statistics Interesting for Students in Their First Course
President David Morganstein talks to Dick De Veaux about STATS101 and what he and his committee are doing to create a kind of life raft for instructors that the ASA will offer to schools and universities.
Physical and Engineering Sciences Sponsors Short Courses at JSM 2014
The Section on Physical and Engineering Sciences will sponsor two short courses at JSM 2014.
Statistics in Defense and National Security Section News
Statistics in Defense and National Security Section news for May 2014
A Conference in Honor of H. N. Nagaraja
Ordered Data Analysis, Models, and Health Research Methods: An International Conference in Honor of H.N. Nagaraja for His 60th Birthday was held at the University of Texas at Dallas March 7–9. The conference was, in essence, a celebration of statistics.
Design and Analysis of Computer Experiments Featured in February Issue
Here are the highlights of the February issue of the ASA journal Technometrics.
Discover Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Journal
Statistical Analysis and Data Mining addresses the broad area of data analysis, including data mining algorithms, statistical approaches, and practical applications.
Special Issue Features Symbolic Data Analysis
The special issue of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining is dedicated to papers from the field of symbolic data analysis.