2016 ASA President Jessica Utts recounts the lessons she learned from promoting statistics abroad and illustrates the importance of statistics in daily life.
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Conference on Statistical Practice: A Place for and About Communication
In April’s President’s Corner column, ASA President David Morganstein shares some of the points from his 2015 Conference on Statistical Practice keynote address.
The ASA and Big Data: What’s Been Happening Lately?
ASA President Nathaniel Schenker details a number of activities ASA has created to strengthen the role of the profession in the areas of Big Data and data science, and outlines important steps ASA has taken in education and professional development.
Change Is Afoot in the World of Election Polling
For the October President’s Corner, Nathaniel Schenker invited Scott Keeter, director of survey research for the Pew Research Center in Washington, DC, to write a column about election polling.
Updating the Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science
For his March President’s column, Nathaniel Schenker sits down with Nicholas Horton, chair of the initiative to update the ASA’s Curriculum Guidelines for Undergraduate Programs in Statistical Science, to learn about where the initiative is heading.
175 and Counting!
ASA President Nathaniel Schenker talks about the year ahead and ASA’s 175th anniversary.
Doctoral Training in Statistics and Biostatistics: Where Are We Headed?
ASA President Marie Davidian discusses the future of PhD curricula.
Big Data and Better Data
Bob Rodriguez talks “big data” in the June President’s Corner column.
A New Year and New Initiatives
In his first President’s Corner column, Robert Rodriguez discusses his initiatives for 2012.
Beware the Fabulous!
ASA President Nancy Geller looks at whether science is as good in correcting itself as we would like it to be.