Matt Hayat says, “My career path as a collaborating biostatistician and statistics educator has brought me much meaning and joy, and the ASA has been a central thread throughout.”
quantitative literacy
The Demand for Literacy Training on Quantitative Public Health Data
The global pandemic increased the public’s demand for information. Almost daily, media and policymakers present numbers on testing, deaths, hospitalization rates, and vaccine distribution. This information often includes data visualizations and tables viewers must interpret to better understand the pandemic’s scope and its impact on local communities and countries worldwide. As a result, there is a need for a new vocabulary around public health and data literacy.
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 2
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Mark Otto discusses the path he took after earning his master’s degree.