How Statisticians Are Fighting to Cure Cancer
October 17, 2019
Statisticians make important contributions to many fields, and one where they make a huge impact is in cancer research. We asked Dr. Sujata Patil, Associate Attending Biostatistician at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, and Ruth...
Announcing the Fall Data Challenge: Help Solve Homelessness
September 30, 2019
The Fall Data Challenge is back! This year, teams of two to five students will dive deep into datasets available from the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development and identify areas to reduce and...
Fall Data Challenge: Resources Roundup, Stats to Fight Homelessness
September 26, 2019
This year’s Fall Data Challenge theme is “Help Solve Homelessness,” so now it’s time to dig into the details of this important and complicated issue. On an average night in 2018, 553,000 people in the...
Fall Data Challenge: Meet the Judges
September 19, 2019
This is Statistics’ third annual Fall Data Challenge will focus on the topic “Help Solve Homelessness,” putting students’ analytical and data visualization skills to the test to help address the homelessness crisis in America. With...
Fall Data Challenge: Revealing the 2019 Theme
September 17, 2019
The 2019 Fall Data Challenge is almost here! Students, are you ready for this year’s contest? For the third year running, the Fall Data Challenge will offer high school and undergraduate students the opportunity to...