After nearly 400 episodes, “Stats + Stories” has become a space where statisticians, journalists, and the curious come together to make sense of the world around them.
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Practical Significance | Episode 49: The Next Chapter: Stats+Stories Joins the ASA Family
More than a decade ago, John Bailer and Richard Campbell launched Stats+Stories. Now, after more than 350 episodes, the podcast continues to explore the “Statistics Behind the Stories and the Stories Behind the Statistics.” In this episode of Practical Significance, hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein sit down with Stats+Stories current co-hosts John Bailer and […]
Practical Significance | Episode 30: Meet the Hosts of Stats+Stories
Practical Significance co-hosts Donna and Ron welcome John Bailer and Rosemary Pennington, co-hosts of Stats+Stories, a podcast about “the statistics behind the stories and the stories behind the statistics.” Their show features an eclectic mix of topics, from economics to the environment to media, methods, sports, and more. John and Rosemary come from opposite backgrounds: […]
New Undergraduate Data Science Programs
The number of undergraduate statistics degrees has nearly doubled in the last four years—making it the fastest-growing STEM degree—and master’s degrees are also growing quickly. Last month in Amstat News, we profiled five new undergraduate data science programs. Here are a few more.
Preparing Master’s Statistics Students for Success: A Perspective from Recent Graduates and Employers
The ASA Workgroup on Master’s Degrees submitted its report to the ASA Board of Directors in November. This committee was charged with developing guidelines, framed as learning outcomes, for master’s degree programs in statistics and biostatistics that are responsive to the needs of stakeholders who employ such graduates. This is what the workgroup learned.