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A. Philip Dawid Awarded David Cox Foundations of Statistics Award

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A. Philip Dawid is the second recipient of the David R. Cox Foundations of Statistics Award, presented by the American Statistical Association for groundbreaking contributions that have fundamentally shaped the foundations of statistical science across multiple domains. Dawid will receive the award and deliver a lecture at the Joint Statistical Meetings in August.

Weak Forensic Science Has High Cost

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This month’s guest columnist, Clifford Spiegelman, makes a strong case for more rigor and statistics in forensic science and also calls for a new agency to lead the way. Here he urges fellow statisticians to help realize the changes many deem necessary.