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Joint Program in Survey Methodology: Launching in Fall: New Opportunities for Contemporary Survey Methodologist
The Joint Program in Survey Methodology—with faculty from the University of Maryland, University of Michigan, and Westat—is introducing new programs to respond to the ever-increasing use of Big Data and the corresponding need for methods of analysis and inference.
Q&A with ASA President Barry D. Nussbaum: What Does a Statistician Do?
A high-school student, working on a research project about careers in statistics, emailed ASA President Barry D. Nussbaum a few questions. Nussbaum answers them here.
Survey: Employers Struggling to Meet Demand for Data Analysts
More and more public and private sector employers are adding statisticians and data analysts to their ranks, but are having a difficult time finding qualified candidates, according to a new national survey released by the Society for Human Resource Management and sponsored by the American Statistical Association.
Haitian Aid Survey: Field Notes from a Statistician
After October’s Hurricane Matthew hit Haiti, Monica Dashen traveled to the island with Statistics without Borders to help find out who had received aid and how the hurricane had affected them.
2015 Salary Survey of Business, Industry, and Government Statisticians
The ASA conducted a salary survey of the association’s nonacademic members in the United States employed by business, industry, or government.
The Makings of a Survey Methodologist—and a Survey Methodology Conference
QDET2 conference chair Amanda Wilmot discusses her experience in survey research and shares what she hopes participants will learn from attending the conference in November.
Statistics Without Borders Helps UNICEF
Statistics without Borders analyzed time stamps and GPS points collected during UNICEF’s nutrition surveys and developed three tests that could be used to review the quality of interviewer-selected samples.
GAISE 2016: Update and Request for Feedback
A committee assembled through the Section on Statistical Education has taken on revising and updating the Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) College Report, originally endorsed by the ASA in 2005.
How Does Your Salary Stack Up?
The 2015–2016 academic salary survey includes both faculty and nonfaculty statisticians and biostatisticians. We received responses from 64 institutions in the United States. The data included 956 faculty and 128 nonfaculty statisticians, with gender information. The quartiles and 90th percentile for relevant categories are provided in the summary tables.