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The bright future of applied statistics
In 2013, the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies (COPSS) celebrates its 50th Anniversary. As part of its celebration, COPSS will publish a book, with contributions from past recipients of its awards, titled “Past, Present and Future of Statistical Science". Below is … Continue reading
Mindlessly normalizing genomics data is bad - but ignoring unwanted variability can be worse
Yesterday, and bleeding over into today, quantile normalization (QN) was being discussed on Twitter. This is the tweet that started the whole thing off. The conversation went a bunch of different directions and then this happened: well, this happens all over … Continue reading
NIH is looking for an Associate Director for Data Science: Statisticians should consider applying
NIH understands the importance of data and several months ago they announced this new position. Here is an excerpt from the add: The ADDS will focus on the urgent need and increased opportunities for capitalizing on the expanding collections of … Continue reading
paste0 is statistical computing's most influential contribution of the 21st century
The day I discovered paste0 I literally cried. No more paste(bla,bla, sep=""). While looking through code written by a student who did not know about paste0 I started pondering about how many person hours it has saved humanity. So typing sep="" takes … Continue reading
Data supports claim that if Kobe stops ball hogging the Lakers will win more
The Lakers recently snapped a four game losing streak. In that game Kobe, the league leader in field goal attempts and missed shots, had a season low of 14 points but a season high of 14 assists. This makes sense … Continue reading
NSF should understand that Statistics is not Mathematics
NSF has realized that the role of Statistics is growing in all areas of science and engineering and has formed a subcommittee to examine the current structure of support of the statistical sciences. As Roger explained in August, the NSF is divided into directorates … Continue reading
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By introducing competition open online education will improve teaching at top universities
It is no secret that faculty evaluations at top universities weigh research much more than teaching. This is not surprising given that, among other reasons, global visibility comes from academic innovation (think Nobel Prizes) not classroom instruction. Come promotion time the peer review system … Continue reading
Happy 2013: The International Year of Statistics
The ASA has declared 2013 to be the International Year of Statistics and I am ready to celebrate it in full force. It is a great time to be a statistician and I am hoping more people will join the … Continue reading
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The NIH peer review system is still the best at identifying innovative biomedical investigators
This recent Nature paper makes the controversial claim that the most innovative (interpreted as best) scientists are not being funded by NIH. Not surprisingly, it is getting a lot of attention in the popular media. The title and introduction make it sound … Continue reading
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Joe Blitzstein's free online stat course helps put a critical satellite in orbit
As loyal readers know, we are very enthusiastic about MOOCs. One of the main reasons for this is the potential of teaching Statistics to students from all over the world, in particular those that can't afford or don't have acces to college. However, it … Continue reading
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