Although neither Sharina D. Person’s parents went to college, they strongly encouraged her to attend. She majored in math, but realized she wanted a career that allowed her to help society. Fortunately, she was introduced to biostatistics and found her passion. For the last 20 years, Sharina has enjoyed a research career that directly affects the lives and well-being of society, in particular population health and health equity. Another of her passions is seeing the light bulb come on in a student, mentee, or colleague’s eyes when she has explained a difficult statistical concept in a way they can comprehend.
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Demystifying Apportionment Computations for the US House of Representatives
Basic arithmetic skill (multiplication, division, and taking square roots) is all one needs to remove any mystery concerning the details of the computations about how to determine the number of seats each state gets based on its population.
Census at School Program Needs Champions
Census at School, an international classroom project that engages students in grades 4–12 in statistical problemsolving, needs champions to expand the program nationally.