Check out what is happening at Spotlight Denver during JSM 2019.
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Is This Your First JSM? Here Are Tips to Navigate the Conference
Christopher Bilder offers tips for navigating the largest congregation of statisticians in the world, which happens every August during the Joint Statistical Meetings.
Presidential Teaching Honoree Shares Perspective on Statistics Education
ASA member Shelby Aaberg shares some of the teaching techniques and philosophies that led him to win the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching.
Tips on Writing Results for a Scientific Paper
At some point, most statistics students must learn how to communicate scientific findings. It is hoped that they are already comfortable with the formulaic structure of a scientific article: introduction, methods, results, and conclusion. The scientific community dictates this gross structure because it allows readers to immediately begin understanding the content, without first having to understand the paper’s organization. Little flexibility is allowed in the organization; however, there are fewer conventions below the structural outline, and students should recognize they have some latitude and adopt a style that improves the quality of their manuscripts.