In this month’s Statistician’s View, David Banks of Duke University challenges the statistical community to take a hard look at our publication practices.
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The Steven Miller Controversy: A Personal Perspective
Richard De Veaux discusses a colleague’s involvement in allegations of fraud in the 2020 election.
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.
Lessons Learned and Remaining Challenges for Online Seminars and Conferences
The spread of COVID-19 has slowed economies and stopped travel throughout the world. For academics, classes and research collaborations have moved online. But the pandemic has disrupted two other essential aspects of academic life: conferences and seminars. An obvious solution is to move conferences and seminars online, but this has proven challenging for a number of reasons.
In Response to ‘Statistics as a Science, Not an Art: The Way to Survive in Data Science’
Joseph E. Bauer, director of survey research and evaluation at the Statistics and Evaluation Center of the American Cancer Society, praises March’s “spot on” Statistician’s View column.
In Response to ‘ASA’s Delegation to Cuba’
Malcolm J. Sherman responds to to “ASA’s Delegation to Cuba.”
We Are Data Science
Randy Bartlett advances the points that statisticians are already involved and must expand their involvement in business analytics, Big Data, data mining, data science, machine learning, and predictive modeling (analytics).
Algebra and Statistics
Murray Aitkin raises the question: “What are university statistics teachers to do with ‘methods’ courses in social science fields like psychology and education, where most students do not have any mathematics background beyond high school?”
Response to ‘Members Reveal Why They Have Remained with ASA for Three Decades’
Agnes M. Herzberg provides a response to the June 2013 Amstat News article, “Members Reveal Why They Have Remained with ASA for Three Decades.”
A Call for Participation in XSEDE Computing: Statisticians Needed for Big Data
George Ostrouchov of Oak Ridge National Laboratory and University of Tennessee discusses the need for statisticians in this age of Big Data.