Every year, the Teaching of Statistics in the Health Sciences Section offers the Young Investigator Award, Outstanding Teaching Award, Distinguished Achievement Award, and Best Contributed Paper at JSM Award. Nominations are open for the following three: Nominations are due by May and should be sent to tshs.asa@gmail.com. … [Read more...] about Nominations Open for Health Science Awards
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Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship Offers $1,000 for Government Statisticians
Awarded jointly by the ASA’s Government Statistics and Social Statistics sections, the Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship encourages promising young statisticians to consider a career in government statistics by providing up to $1,000 for use in exploring any of a broad number of opportunities. The scholarship is for students and others early in their careers who show … [Read more...] about Wray Jackson Smith Scholarship Offers $1,000 for Government Statisticians
Capture Attention, Provide Rich Experience with Visual Storytelling
Write Your Script When you sit down to write your script, ask yourself the following questions: Structure your script in the who, what, where, when, and why format, focusing heavily on the why. Are you going for the hard sell? In that case, tell your viewer why they need what you have and present yourself or your product as the solution. If you prefer a softer sell, … [Read more...] about Capture Attention, Provide Rich Experience with Visual Storytelling
Nominations Sought for SIAM Student Paper Prize
The SIAM Student Paper Prize is awarded annually to the student author of the most outstanding paper(s) accepted by Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics journals within the three years preceding the nomination deadline. … [Read more...] about Nominations Sought for SIAM Student Paper Prize
Nominations Sought for Gertrude Cox Scholarship Award
The ASA Committee on Women in Statistics and Caucus for Women in Statistics and Data Science are accepting nominations for the Gertrude M. Cox Scholarship until February 23. The scholarship was established to encourage more women to enter statistically oriented professions. Application is limited to female permanent residents of the United States and Canada who are admitted … [Read more...] about Nominations Sought for Gertrude Cox Scholarship Award