This month, the ASA is launching an education campaign that will run through the end of November to raise funds and awareness for education programs and resources that support the learning and teaching of statistics. As part of the campaign kick-off, ASA President-elect Barry Nussbaum interviewed an outstanding high-school student, Jenny Chen, who presented a poster at JSM 2016 in Chicago.
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2016 Poster and Project Competition Winners
The American Statistical Association is pleased to announce the winners of the 2016 Poster Competition and Project Competition, which featured creative studies from high-school students across the country.
Detroit, Ann Arbor Chapters Give Special Awards at Science Fair
Members of the Detroit and Ann Arbor chapters met as a special awards judging team at the Southeast Michigan Science Fair on March 11 to seek out excellent applications of statistics.
Volunteers Offer Career Advice to AP Statistics Students
For the seventh consecutive year, the San Francisco Bay Area Chapter was invited to send volunteer statisticians to give a 50-minute lecture on careers in statistics to local AP Statistics students.
San Antonio Chapter Hosts Statistics Career Day
The San Antonio Chapter hosted Statistics Career Day March 5 to emphasize the significance of statistical and quantitative education in any career path, as well as raise awareness regarding statistics as a rewarding profession.
Twin Cities Chapter Members Represent Statistics at Career Fair
Several members of the Twin Cities Chapter volunteered their time on February 27 to talk with high-school students about potential careers in statistics at a career fair in Elk River, Minnesota.
GAISE 2016: Update and Request for Feedback
A committee assembled through the Section on Statistical Education has taken on revising and updating the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report, originally endorsed by the ASA in 2005.
Students Earn National Attention, Confidence
Juniors Allison Burch, Jordan Johnson, Brianna Lace, and Riley Stephens from Cross County High School won honorable mention in the ASA Regional Poster Competition. Their work proceeded to receive national attention.
On Being a Statistics Educator and Loving It
Here, Stephen Miller talks about the challenges and rewards of being an AP Statistics teacher.
Students Hope to Cash In on a Closer Look at the Census
More than 2,400 high school juniors and seniors participated in Moody’s Mega Math (M3) Challenge in March and spent up to 14 hours using their math know-how to evaluate the U.S. Census Bureau’s methods for undercount adjustment, the best method for apportioning the U.S. House of Representatives.