Data visualization and exploratory data analysis have been recognized in recent decades as important parts of statistics, but visualization excludes people with visual impairments, an increasingly important issue as the population gets older. How can statisticians and analysts provide some of the benefits of the dataviz revolution?
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IMSI Programs Offer Pro Communication Opportunities
The Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation trains researchers to be better communicators through three programs: communication bootcamps, MathStatBites and Carry the Two podcast .
Recognizing Academic Departments for JEDI Efforts … Continued
Learn how the University of California, Riverside and Drexel University are prioritizing justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Achieving Diversity in Labor Market Needs JEDI, Advocacy Groups
Joseph Gastwirth suggests changes in the way courts have interpreted the equal employment laws since the mid-1980s likely contributed to sustained socioeconomic inequality.
Putting Our JEDI Values into Action: It’s Past Time for a Chinese-American ASA President
Chinese statisticians have been regularly passed by for leadership in the ASA, despite their prominence in our profession and their long history of outstanding contribution.
ASA Recognizes Academic Departments for JEDI Efforts
Learn how the University of Iowa, New York University, and Indiana University are prioritizing justice, equality, diversity, and inclusion.
Diversifying Academia Through ADJOINT
ADJOINT is a research program focused on advancing and strengthening the careers of Black statistical (and mathematical) scientists and deepening their engagement with the broader research community.
More Work Needed to Increase Racial, Ethnic Diversity in Biostatistics, Epidemiology Departments
Melody Goodman, Jemar Bather, Xiangying Chu, Marcello Pagano, Christine Plepys, and Ronnie Sebro recently published a paper titled “Racial and Ethnic Diversity Among Students, Graduates, and Faculty in Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2010–2020” in Public Health Reports. We had a few questions for lead author Melody Goodman, who is the associate dean for research and professor of biostatistics at New York University School of Global Public Health. Check out here answers here.
Finding Ada: Identifying, Engaging, and Empowering Women in Statistics and Data Science
Ada Lovelace Day falls on October 12 every year. Finding Ada “aims to increase the profile of women in STEM and, in doing so, create new role models who will encourage more girls into STEM careers and support women already working in STEM.”
JEDI Corner: So Much to Do, So Little Time
There is something for everyone in the JEDI-sponsored program at JSM this year.