Students from area high schools, accompanied by their teachers, met to take a mock AP statistics exam hosted by the George Mason University Department of Statistics.
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Statistics: Fastest-Growing Undergraduate STEM Degree
Statistics—the science of learning from data—is the fastest-growing science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) undergraduate degree in the United States over the last four years, an analysis of federal government education data conducted by the ASA revealed.
Nominations Wanted for Mentoring Award
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy and National Science Foundation are accepting nominations for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Mentoring.
Broadening and Deepening Statistical Thinking: Educating for 2014 and Beyond
Richard Scheaffer discusses what the ASA and other organizations are doing to expand statistics education.
When Statistics Education and State Policy Meet
Christine Franklin, Lothar Tresp Honoratus Honors Professor in Statistics at the University of Georgia, shares her advice with those seeking to have more statistics in their state’s education curriculum.
Low Percentage of U.S. Citizens Earning Statistics Degrees Compared to Other STEM Disciplines
Statistics has the lowest percentage of degree recipients who are U.S. citizens, when compared to other STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) disciplines at all degree levels. Why does this matter? The ASA’s research and graduate education manager, Keith Crank, tells us.