The conference brought together hundreds of statistics and data science educators to explore innovative teaching strategies, keynote insights on useful models, and community recognition.
Larry Lesser
Balderdash, Claptrap, Clerihew: Lesser Takes Another Turn for the Verse
In honor of April being both National Poetry Month and Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, The University of Texas at El Paso’s Larry Lesser composed the following poems in the quirky form known as clerihew.
USCOTS 2023: Educators Share Ideas for Communicating With/About Data
Three hundred twenty-one statistics educators gathered in State College, Pennsylvania, May 30–June 3 at the tenth United States Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) to exchange ideas and provide mutual support.
‘God Bless the ASA’ by Lawrence Lesser
Inspired by JSM being in our nation’s capital for the first in-person JSM since 2019, UTEP’s Lawrence Lesser rewrote Lee Greenwood’s signature hit song, “God Bless the USA,” to give the ASA our own anthem.
National Poetry Month
In honor of April being both National Poetry Month and Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, The University of Texas at El Paso Professor Larry Lesser wrote two haiku poems.
‘Empirical Rule’ by Lawrence M. Lesser
Larry Lesser of The University of Texas at El Paso repurposed Madonna’s signature song (and #2 hit), “Material Girl,” to teach the empirical rule.
Mindful Means
Larry Lesser writes about the trending topic of mindfulness.
Take Me Out to the Brew’ry
Larry Lesser wrote a song commemorating the Biometrika paper “The Probable Error of a Mean,” by William Gosset, just in time for baseball season.