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Practical Significance Take Two—Statistics in the Community (STATCOM)—Service in Action

November 5, 2024 Leave a Comment

This interview with University of Michigan PhD candidates and STATCOM co-presidents Annie Cohen and Hanna Venera was conducted by Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein during a recent episode. STATCOM is a student-run community outreach program that offers students a unique opportunity to apply their statistical expertise by providing pro bono consulting services to community organizations.

Practical Significance | Episode 45: Statistics in the Community (STATCOM)—Service in Action

September 3, 2024 Leave a Comment

Statistics in the Community, or STATCOM, is a student-run community outreach program launched at Purdue University in 2006. It offers students a unique opportunity to apply their statistical expertise by providing pro bono consulting services to community organizations.   This month, Annie Cohen and Hanna Venera join Practical Significance co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein […]

STATCOM: Revitalization of Statistical Community Service at Universities

April 1, 2018 1 Comment

The University of Michigan’s STATCOM had 45 student members with five projects in 2014. In 2017, it grew to 147 student members with 10 projects.

Statistics in the Community (STATCOM) is a university-based, student-run organization that provides pro-bono statistical consulting services to nonprofit and government organizations.

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