James McCune Smith was the first professionally trained Black physician to practice in the United States. Smith’s work pioneered the use of statistical evidence to evaluate the efficacy of medical treatments and dismantle racist claims of Black biological inferiority.
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Live from San Francisco … CSP 2023
Statistical practitioners and data scientists learned new statistical methodologies and best practices in statistical analysis, design, consulting, and programming to help solve real-world problems.
UMN Committee, Local Schools Create Mutually Beneficial Collaboration
Marta Shore and Sarah Samorodnitsky at the University of Minnesota spearheaded UMN’s Biostatistics Community Outreach and Engagement Committee and created collaborations with local high schools. Here, they tell us about two of them.
My ASA Story: Erin Chapman, Software Development Engineer
Erin Chapman appreciates the ASA’s learning opportunities, but also the opportunities to volunteer and advocate for statisticians and data scientists with disabilities.
ASA President’s Task Force Statement on Statistical Significance and Replicability
The value of hypothesis testing, and the frequent misinterpretation of p-values as a cornerstone of statistical methodology, continues to be debated. In 2019, the president of the American Statistical Association, Karen Kafadar, convened a task force to consider the use of statistical methods in scientific studies, specifically hypothesis tests and p-values, and their connection to replicability.
Data for Good Can Drive COVID Vaccine Confidence
David Corliss says statisticians can help address the distrust of vaccines, a large challenge of this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Statistician’s View: The Right Tone Sustains Productive Dialogue
Statisticians and data scientists are in unique positions to set the correct tone for conversations between collaborators. The approaches used when giving advice should be as thoughtful as the advice given.