Mark Otto and MinJae Lee discuss a principle proposed by poker pro and cognitive psychologist Annie Duke: Treat decisions as bets.
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Meet New Member Jovana Mitic
This month, we’re spotlighting Jovana Mitic, a PhD statistics student at Clemson. She wants to be a data scientist or applied statistician doing modeling that actually gets used, particularly in public health applications.
Applications of NLP, Generative AI in Statistical Modeling and Decision-Making
For statisticians, traditional methods such as data mining, hypothesis testing, and inference have long been the backbone of analysis. These approaches remain powerful, but new tools—especially natural language processing and generative AI—make it easier to uncover insights, automate text-heavy tasks, and support decision-making at scale.
XL-Files: If Statistics Must Die … Let It Go Out with All Its Styles
The survival of statistics as a profession—not just a scientific discipline—depends on embracing its many styles, from modeling to decision-making and consensus-building, especially as data science and AI reshape the landscape.
People News: Bin Yu and Rebecca Barter
ASA members Bin Yu of UC Berkeley and Rebecca Barter of Utah University Medical School recently released the open-access version of their new book, Veridical Data Science: The Practice of Responsible Data Analysis and Decision Making.
Aligning Goals for Success
Warmest wishes to everyone in our ASA community and hopes for a peaceful, healthy, and productive 2024! I am both honored and humbled to be your ASA president in 2024. One of my first tasks—and a great pleasure—was to select a theme for the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings, known to many as simply JSM. The […]
Risk Know-How: Supporting Communities in Navigating Risks
There is an important opportunity for members of the American Statistical Association to support community practitioners and develop a practical framework for risk know-how.