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Quantifying the Invisible Factors of Athlete Performance and Game-Winning Strategy
From measuring defensive pressure in football to understanding the mechanics behind a baseball swing, statisticians are helping teams answer a new question: Now that we can measure it, what can we learn from it?
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Opportunities
Build Research Skills with QuantTS Mentorship Program
This NIH-funded program offers a six-month opportunity to strengthen the skills that help research teams work together.
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Nominations Wanted for HPSS Achievement Awards
Nominations are open for both the Health Policy Statistics Section mid-career award and long-term excellence award.
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Nominations Open for Robert V. Hogg Award
The Hogg award recognizes someone who has shown both excellence and growth in teaching introductory statistics at the college level.
MedicRes Offers Future Research Leaders Fellowship
Fellows receive training in research methodology, biostatistics, and AI-supported research.
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Nominate a Colleague for Daniel Solow Author’s Award
The author’s award honors creators of outstanding undergraduate teaching materials in mathematics.
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Nominations Open for Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize
The Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize is awarded annually to an undergraduate female for excellence in mathematics.
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Careers
Using Statistics to Document Human Rights Violations
What does it take to build a career in which statistics helps uncover the truth behind human rights violations? For Patrick Ball, it meant combining statistical expertise, determination, and a commitment to documenting what others tried to hide.
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Practicing Statistics in the Age of AI: Reflections from the Pharmaceutical Industry
Artificial intelligence is speeding up routine statistical tasks such as coding and literature review, but the scientific judgment, domain expertise, and institutional knowledge central to statistical decision-making in pharmaceutical development remain difficult to automate, suggesting AI will reshape the profession rather than eliminate it.
Making Sense
Confidence Intervals: An Estimate’s Wiggle Room
Learn why confidence isn’t the same as certainty and why understanding the wiggle room behind an estimate can help us look beyond the headline.
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AI Doesn’t Think. It Predicts.
Artificial intelligence doesn’t know what will happen next. It calculates what’s likely to happen next based on patterns in vast amounts of data. It’s all rooted in probability.
How 1,000 People Speak for Millions
Surveys are a familiar part of daily life, but the logic behind them is less obvious: How can a relatively small number of responses represent the views of millions of people? The answer lies in sampling.
community
Consider Starting a National Statistics Honorary Society Chapter
With more than 40 chapters across the country, MSR helps build community through events, presentations, and networking opportunities.
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What I Wish I Knew Before I Started My PhD
Timothy Boakye, a third-year PhD student in statistics at North Carolina State University, shares some words of wisdom about lessons he wishes he’d learned before starting his PhD program.
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