Newly elected American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, and recognized for his outstanding professional contributions to and leadership in the field of statistical science.
Category Archives: Word of the Week
Immigration
Arizona’s immigration law goes before the Supreme Court this week…
Revisiting Catastrophe Modeling Assistant
I saw this job posting a while ago, and, in my next life,
Julian Simon birthday
February 12 was the 80th anniversary of the birth of Julian Simon, an early pioneer in resampling methods.
Statistics for Future Presidents
Statistics for Future Presidents – Steve Pierson, Director of Science Policy at ASA wrote interesting blog wondering how statistics for future presidents (or policymakers more generally) would compare with the recommended statistical skills/concepts for others. Take a look and let him know!
Congratulations to David Unwin on a New Edited Volume
Teaching Geographic Information Science and Technology in Higher Education, 2012 (Wiley)
The Data Scientist
The story of the prospective Facebook IPO, and prior IPO’s from LinkedIn, Pandora, and Groupon all involve “data scientists”. Read an interview with Monica Rogati – Senior Data Scientist at LinkedIn to see the connection.
Congratulations to Michelle Everson for winning the 2011 Waller Education Award.
Dr. Michelle Everson is recognized for her outstanding contributions to and innovation in the teaching of elementary statistics.
Popular Mistakes in Data Mining
John Elder’s presentations on common data mining mistakes are a must-see if you have any experience or plans in the data mining arena.
Coffee causes cancer?
“Any claim coming from an observational study is most likely to be wrong.” Thus begins “Deming, data and observational studies,” just published in “Significance Magazine” (Sept. 2011).
The sacrifice bunt
I was watching a Washington Nationals game on TV a couple of days ago, and the concept of “expected value” …
Epidemiologist joke
A neurosurgeon, pathologist and epidemiologist are each told to examine a can of sardines on a table in a closed room, and present a report.
What do teenagers want?
What do teenagers want? More importantly for the music industry, what music will they buy?
The Power of Round
Advertisers shy away from round numbers, believing that $99 appears significantly cheaper than $100…
March Madness
Did the NCAA get the March Madness rankings right? Check out SportsMeasures.com
Bees on the attack
What does Matt Asher’s article “Attack of the Hair Trigger Bees” have to do with global warming? Matt Asher runs statisticsblog.com …
The First Gallup Poll
The first Gallup Poll was published in October, 1935. In America Speaks,
Catastrophe Modeling Assistant
Thinking about careers that use statistics? The job title “catastrophe modeling assistant” caught my eye recently in a job announcement. …
Random Monkeys
One of my gifts this holiday season was “A Drunkard’s Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives,”