Many statistics careers are not straight paths. How do you find your way into a job that is right for you? This special issue of Amstat News focuses on the unique careers statisticians can have, including Lyndsay Noble’s. She explored many career directions before finding one that was right for her.
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Mine Çetinkaya-Rundel
Mine—who is originally from Istanbul, Turkey—works on the OpenIntro project, whose mission is to make educational products that are free and transparent and to lower barriers to education.
Q&A With Educators
We interviewed a handful of statistics teachers to find out who inspired them, where they get their best teaching tools, and what they think is the most challenging part of being a teacher.
Summertime and the Living Is …
It’s August, but despite what Nat King Cole may have thought, the days are hardly lazy for the statistics profession.
Two National Poster Competition Winners Hail from Same School
Two students from Odyssey Elementary School in Wisconsin won a place in the ASA/NCTM’s national poster competition.
2017 Poster and Project Competition Winners
The American Statistical Association announces the winners of the 2017 Poster Competition and Project Competition, which featured creative studies from K-12 students across the country.
StatFest 2017 Will Be Held in Atlanta
StatFest 2017—a free one-day event aimed at encouraging undergraduate students from under-represented groups to consider graduate studies and careers in the statistical sciences—will be held September 23 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Statistical Education Section News for May
Statistical Education Section news for May and updates on how the section is preparing for JSM 2017.
MWM Makes a Difference for Small-Town Teachers
Ann Cannon, chair of the department of mathematics and statistics at Cornell College, suggested teachers from her local school district attend Meeting Within a Meeting at JSM. She was pleasantly surprised when she learned five of the teachers went.
Recent Statistics and Operations Research Events in Mongolia
Recently, the National Registration and Statistics Office of Mongolia and National University of Mongolia co-hosted a series of events under the theme “Applied Statistics: Teaching, Research, and Business Innovation.” The events were organized jointly with professors from the University of Alabama, Yale University, and Penn State University. Read on to find out what they accomplished.