Negotiation is crucial for accepting a job, but panelists at a WSDS 2020 session stressed that negotiation is not a one-off event—it occurs regularly within an organization and external parties.
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New Jersey Chapter News for February 2021
The New Jersey Chapter replaced its Spring Symposium with a series of six webinars, and more are planned for 2021.
Special Issue Focuses on Computing in Statistics Education
A special issue of the Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education addresses Nolan and Temple Lang’s paper, “Computing in the Statistics Curriculum,” which was published ten years ago in The American Statistician.
Special Issue Illustrates Importance of Data Privacy
In the most recent issue of CHANCE, a special issue, authors focus on statistical data privacy and confidentiality.
A Conversation with DataKind’s Executive Director, Jake Porway
Porway and David Corliss discuss COVID-19, police violence, protests, inequailty, and opportunities for Data for Good projects to help solve big problems.
IMSI: A New NSF-Funded Institute
The mission of the Institute for Mathematical and Statistical Innovation is to apply mathematics and statistics to complex problems and to spur transformational change in the mathematical sciences.
Gertrude M. Cox Award Nominations Sought
Nominate an early- to mid-career statistician for the Gertrude Cox Award by February 28.
People News for December 2020
Ruth Etzioni and Emery N. Brown were honored recently.
NC Chapter Offers Tips for Holding a Virtual Career Fair
Due to COVID-19, the North Carolina Chapter’s 2020 career fair was reimagined in an all-virtual format. Here, the organizers offer advice based on the lessons they learned.
ASA/AAAS Mass Media Fellowship Applications Open
Fellows will spend 10 weeks next summer working with journalists at a TV, radio, magazine, or newspaper outlet putting their statistics skills to use.