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Real-Life Inspiration for Your Statistics Course: Resource Round-Up
August 29, 2019
Back-to-school season is upon us, and we hope you’re getting ready for what’s sure to be your most useful and fun class to take (or teach!) this semester: statistics. Statistics has countless real-world applications that can be useful for your daily life, so you’re making a smart decision that will impact your career, studies and...
Statistics Books to Read This Summer
June 27, 2019
The sunshine is calling and so is summer reading! You’ve worked hard this school year and deserve a well-earned break. This is Statistics is here to keep your statistics skills sharp, and who knows, maybe you could learn something new! Here’s our round-up of books to put in your beach bag, take on vacation or read...
Ming Li: Turning Big Data into Action at Amazon
May 30, 2019
Amazon continues to innovate and become more efficient in its customer service, packaging and overall business. And statisticians are helping to do it! Ming Li, a research scientist at Amazon, uses data and statistics to help the company answer questions and make important business decisions. We talked with Ming about his journey in statistics and...
Preparing for Your First Statistics Job Interview? We’re Here to Help.
May 21, 2019
You spent long, sleepless nights studying for exams, reading textbooks cover to cover and finally earning your statistics degree – congratulations, you graduated! Now, it’s time to start the job hunt and nail your interviews. Wherever your search starts, This is Statistics is here to help. While it’s impossible to know exactly what will transpire during your interviews with prospective employers,...
Congratulations, Graduates!
May 15, 2019
Congratulations to all the 2019 high school and college graduates this season! The career opportunities for statisticians are steadily growing, projected to increase 31 percent over the next ten years according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Even better, the field is frequently recognized as one of the very best careers for opportunity, salary...
Good Luck, AP Statistics Students!
May 14, 2019
April showers bring May flowers—and if you are a high school student, Advanced Placement (AP) exams. This month, AP Statistics students around the country will take their exam, setting them on a course for one of the fastest growing undergraduate degrees and in-demand skills for today’s job market. If you’re cramming right now, you’re in...
Mike Baiocchi: Stats for Better World Health
April 25, 2019
For Mike Baiocchi, an assistant professor at Stanford Prevention Research Center at Stanford University, statistics is an important part of improving health care. Mike studies causal inference and uses statistics to determine if certain humanitarian intervention efforts, like reducing rates of sexual abuse, are effective in communities. Much of his work is focused on improving the lives of...
Statsketball 2019: Congratulations to our Winners!
April 22, 2019
In the 2019 Statsketball contest, students competed to predict the outcomes of both the 2019 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball Tournaments using the power of statistics – the science of learning from data. This is the first year Statsketball has expanded to the women’s tournament, and in total, 367 student teams entered—our largest Statsketball to...
Kelsey Warsinske: Why Statistics is the ‘Sexy Major’
April 04, 2019
Statisticians are passionate about what they do, and for Kelsey Warsinske, a data scientist at a Silicon Valley tech company, she’s always been encouraged to learn about statistics. Very early on, Kelsey was encouraged to of its applicability to many fields and companies, high pay and interesting day-to-day projects. We sat down with Kelsey to...
Celebrating Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month
April 02, 2019
It’s finally April, which can only mean one thing… Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month (MASAM) is here! The effort began in 1986 as Mathematics Awareness Week, as proclaimed by President Ronald Reagan. Since then, Mathematics Awareness Week has expanded to the entire month of April and includes statistics! The inclusion of statistics is due in...