By Adam Barone, ASA Senior Editor (Contract) Charismatic confidence has value in leadership, and for most of history, leaders were rewarded for projecting certainty that reinforced their intuition, authority, or subject matter expertise. But leadership that depends solely on these qualities is quickly becoming outmoded by an increasing need for scientific rigor to manage the … [Read more...] about Statisticians and Data Scientists Have Entered Their Leadership Era
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What School Doesn’t Teach You About Succeeding at Work
My family and I spend a fair amount of time on the highway, and perhaps the most prominent feature of highway routes is the abundance of billboards. I was struck recently by a recurring billboard message posing the question, “Is going to college still worth it?” This concerns me, given the ever-increasingly complex and demanding world we live in. And of … [Read more...] about What School Doesn’t Teach You About Succeeding at Work
What GStat Can Do for Your Career: Members Share Their Stories
Offered by the American Statistical Association, the Graduate Statistician accreditation recognizes academic achievement in statistics and provides early-career professionals a way to demonstrate their training, connect with the broader statistical community, and begin building professional credibility. We reached out to a few ASA members who earned their GStat … [Read more...] about What GStat Can Do for Your Career: Members Share Their Stories
Now Hiring Explorers: Career Opportunities in Aerospace for Statisticians, Data Scientists
Artemis II takes off from NASA's Kennedy Space Center in Florida on April 1 at 6:35 EDT. Photo courtesy of Adam Barone.By Adam Barone A native of Morocco, Amina Belkhayat Zoukkari and her father used to venture far from the city lights of Casablanca into the Atlas Mountains to look up at the stars and dream. Now a visiting research scholar at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical … [Read more...] about Now Hiring Explorers: Career Opportunities in Aerospace for Statisticians, Data Scientists
Statistics Is a Journey, Not a Destination
I took a plan, execute, review, and improve training course for new statisticians in clinical trials when I was beginning my career that included a lecture on the role of the statistician in clinical trials. Years later, I was a faculty member for the same course and gave the same lecture to a new cohort of clinical trial statisticians. What follows is advice drawing on that … [Read more...] about Statistics Is a Journey, Not a Destination