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March Randomness 2021: Meet our Celebrity Statisticians
March 31, 2021
It’s almost time to announce the winner of the This is Statistics March Randomness spring contest! During this inaugural competition, teams of high school and undergraduate students used their probability intuition to predict outcomes of 16 simple random experiments that used dice, balls, cards, and coins. Before we reveal the winning team later this week,...
March Randomness Challenges and Outcomes: Week Four
March 22, 2021
This is Statistics’ March Randomness spring contest provides students with the opportunity to use their probability and statistics intuition to predict the outcomes of 16 simple random experiments. Teams that run out of their StatCoin stash will be eliminated. At the end of the month, the team with the most StatCoin loot wins the competition!...
March Randomness Challenges and Outcomes: Week Three
March 15, 2021
This is Statistics’ March Randomness spring contest provides students with the opportunity to use their probability and statistics intuition to predict the outcomes of 16 simple random experiments. Teams that run out of their StatCoin stash will be eliminated. At the end of the month, the team with the most StatCoin loot wins the competition!...
March Randomness Challenges and Outcomes: Week Two
March 08, 2021
This is Statistics’ March Randomness spring contest provides students with the opportunity to use their probability and statistics intuition to predict the outcomes of 16 simple random experiments. Teams that run out of their StatCoin stash will be eliminated. At the end of the month, the team with the most StatCoin loot wins the competition!...
March Randomness Challenges and Outcomes: Week One
March 04, 2021
This is Statistics’ March Randomness spring contest provides students with the opportunity to use their probability and statistics intuition to predict the outcomes of 16 simple random experiments. Teams that run out of their StatCoin stash will be eliminated. At the end of the month, the team with the most StatCoin loot wins the competition!...
March Randomness: A New Spring Contest of Probability & Risk
February 04, 2021
For spring 2021, This is Statistics is introducing a brand new contest: March Randomness and the Probability 16, with prediction challenges to test your probability intuition all through the month of March! Whether you play on your own or on a team with friends, this year’s tournament—inspired by the captivating Borel board game—will keep the excitement...
‘Statistician’ Continues to be a Best Job
January 14, 2021
From monitoring pandemic impacts, to election projections, to social justice causes, the biggest issues of these times all have one thing in common: Statisticians and data scientists play an important role. So, it’s no surprise the new year’s job rankings put statisticians and data scientists high on their lists, continuing a trend of high rankings...
Looking Ahead to 2021: A Year of Opportunity for Statisticians
December 17, 2020
This year been unpredictable and unprecedented for everyone. With the dramatic shift in the U.S. workforce and economy due to COVID-19, you may be wondering,“Is a statistics still a good career option for me?” Although the future may seem uncertain for many in 2021, the opportunities for a satisfying career as a statistician remains certain....
Fall Data Challenge 2020: Congratulations to our Winners!
November 23, 2020
In this year’s Fall Data Challenge, Get Out the Vote, 56 teams of 66 high school and 61 undergraduate students submitted their recommendations on how to increase voter-turnout using voting behavior data from the Census Bureau and Bureau of Labor Statistics, provided by the IPUMS organization. Students recommended a variety of impressive voter-turnout strategies to implement for future elections. Overwhelmingly, their statistical assessment of the dataset led them to a correlation between increased education and increased voter...
Video: How Statistics is Making an Impact in Mental Health
October 26, 2020
Statistics improves our lives—including our mental health! In our newest This is Statistics video, learn how data from research and trials can lead to insights that not only improve our understanding of mental health, but also make it more personalized to individuals’ unique needs. This video features Samprit Banerjee, Ph.D., M. Stat. Associate Professor of Biostatistics,...