Endowed by a gift from Deborah G. Mayo, professor emerita of philosophy at Virginia Tech, the award honors the contributions of Cox to the foundations of statistical inference, experimental design, and data analysis.
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Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar Elected 2024 ASA President
Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar, a senior statistician at the nonprofit RAND Corporation and head of the RAND Statistics Group, was elected the 119th president of the American Statistical Association. She will be the first Asian-American female president and second Asian-American president.
Committee on Career Development Plans Pre-JSM Networking Event
The Committee on Career Development has several events offering tips to help JSM 2022 attendees network at the meetings.
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.
Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science
ASA promised to be the “Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science,” and ASA President Kathy Ensor shares the work the association is doing to fulfill this promise and extend its leadership by highlighting three important initiatives.
People News for April 2022
Read about what ASA members have been up to recently.
CSP 2022: The Art and Science of Statistical Practice
The 11th CSP, held February 1–3, continued its tradition of presenting the state of the art in statistical practices and in-depth discussions about many of the challenges faced by practitioners today.
JSDSE: March Issue Offers 10 Features
The newest issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education features 10 articles, plus an editorial.
ICHPS Organizers Share Hopes, Plans for 2023 Conference in Arizona
Planning is ongoing for the 2023 International Conference on Health Policy Statistics (ICHPS), a forum for discussing research needs and solutions to the challenges of health policy research.
Obituaries for April 2022
ASA members William Michael (Mike) O’Fallon, Thomas B. Jabine, Michael Woodroofe, and Charles R. Mann passed away recently.