Category: News
Video: Statistics is For Everyone
March 29, 2018
Statisticians work across a range of diverse fields, including human rights advocacy, healthcare and journalism. And, as a Rochester Institute of Technology student Cho Yau says in our latest video: “Smart is the new sexy.” In this video, you’ll hear about the important role statistics plays in our lives from Cho and other professionals, including:...
Statsketball: Predictions & Trends from the Submissions
March 22, 2018
How are your NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament brackets playing out? As the judges review the entries and March Madness kicks off, here is your chance to glimpse behind the curtain and see what stats and sports enthusiasts like you predicted for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament—and how they’re measuring up to the chaos as each...
St. Patrick’s Day: The Statistics Legacy Behind Guinness
March 17, 2018
William Sealy Gosset worked at the Guinness brewery in Dublin, Ireland, in 1904 as an experimental brewer. His job was to experiment with the process to improve the taste while also increasing quantity and decreasing costs. In his creative problem-solving to address these challenges, Gosset is responsible for inspiring a ground-breaking method for determining likely error of an estimate,...
What’s Going on In This Graph?
March 12, 2018
ASA and The New York Times Learning Network have released March’s “What’s Going On In This Graph?” On Tuesday from 9 a.m. –2 p.m. ET, an ASA moderator will be in the comments section of the article to facilitate the discussion and answer any questions you may have. Each month of the academic year (September...
Are You Ready for the Statsketball Tournament 2018?
March 07, 2018
The 2018 Statsketball tournament is right around the corner. Are you ready for the competition? Statsketball 2018 is a statistical prediction contest to determine the stakes of this year’s NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament using statistics. To help you prepare, we’ve rounded up everything you’ll need to predict the outcome of the basketball tournament using statistics rather...
Calling All Students: Are You Ready for the 2018 Statsketball Tournament?
March 01, 2018
The countdown for the 2018 NCAA Basketball Tournament starts now, and it’s up to you to use statistics – the science of learning from data – to determine who will win in the 2018 Statsketball Tournament! If you’re a sports and stats fan, put your statistical theories and models to the test with two challenges:...
Statsketball: Meet the Judges
February 22, 2018
It’s almost that time of year for the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, which means it’s also almost your chance to score! Get warmed up for the 2018 Statsketball Tournament by learning who will be assessing your predictions. People choose their teams based on anything from trivial things like team color or a cool mascot, leaving their...
Statsketball Roundup: Statistics is Changing the Game
February 15, 2018
With NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament right around the corner, there’s no better way to prepare than to participate in our Statsketball challenge. Are you ready? In preparation of the competition, dive into these five articles showcasing how the field of statistics is shaping the way the sport is played: Data Analytics Have Made the NBA...
What’s Going on In This Graph?
February 13, 2018
ASA and The New York Times Learning Network have released March’s “What’s Going On In This Graph?” On Tuesday from 9 a.m. –2 p.m. ET, an ASA moderator will be in the comments section of the article to facilitate the discussion and answer any questions you may have. Each month of the academic year (September...
Police Data Challenge: Winner Recommendations
February 01, 2018
The Police Data Challenge contest brought talented high school and undergraduate students across the nation to show their passion for the good statistics can do. With the Police Foundation’s efforts to make the information available, the 70 teams used real crime data sets from Baltimore, Seattle and Cincinnati police departments to analyze the best possible solutions for safer communities....