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.
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Florence Nightingale Turns 200 – ‘Florence’: A Statistics Song
This new lyric honors the bicentennial of the birth of Florence Nightingale, adapting her quote, “To understand God’s thoughts, we must study statistics, for these are the measure of His purpose.”
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.
Doin’ Statistics
Grammy-winning artist Marc Cohn’s 1991 hit, “Walking in Memphis,” gave University of Texas at El Paso’s Lawrence Lesser the vehicle to reflect on what it was like discovering statistics. Let his words move you.