The ASA invites nominations and applications for the position of editor of the The American Statistician and Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports.
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Free Fasttrack Articles
Fasttrack gets articles out fast, before they’ve appeared in a specific journal issue, which means readers get the statistics literature they want right away and authors are published much faster. Throughout November, all the articles on Fasttrack will be available for free download.
Statistical Practice Articles Open Issue
The August issue of The American Statistician opens with the Statistical Practice article, “Strategies for Pulling the Goalie in Hockey,” by David Beaudoin and Tim B. Swartz. The authors develop methodology to assess strategies for hockey teams to pull their goaltender. Does it pay to pull a goaltender when trailing in the game, and if so, when? Using data from the National Hockey League and Bayesian methods, the authors develop a simulator that allows them to compare strategies.
Statisticians: Desired and Feared
With an ever-increasing demand for statistics, we are desired. But with lingering uneasiness about our methods and concepts, we also are feared.