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Yearly Archives: 2012
Congratulations to Michelle Everson!
New Editor of Journal of Statistics Education
Airline Passenger Screening Can Be Random
Read Peter’s Letter to the Editor in Saturday’s Washington Post.
Churn Trigger
Last year’s popular story out of the Predictive Analytics World conference series was Andrew Pole’s presentation of Target’s methodology for predicting which customers were pregnant.
Randomized Trials on online learning
Evidence show that there is no significant difference between taking an online introductory statistics course and a traditional in-person class.
Facebook IPO
Facebook began trading around 11:30 this morning, and I spent 8 minutes
Congratulations to Thomas Lumley!
Newly elected American Statistical Association (ASA) Fellow, and recognized for his outstanding professional contributions to and leadership in the field of statistical science.
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)