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SDSS 2026 is fast approaching—April 28–May 1 in Milwaukee. The conference will bring together data scientists, statisticians, and AI innovators to explore new tools, methods, and real-world applications. tinyurl.com/2pbece9b #StatsSky
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Know someone doing amazing work in health sciences stats education? Nominate them for a TSHS award! Outstanding Teaching, Distinguished Achievement, and Young Investigator awards are open now. Deadline is May 1. #StatsSky magazine.amstat.org/...
Interesting paper, what jumped out at me is the implication the rank for Tucker #tensor decomposition isn't identifiable, but CP/PARFAC, Tensor Train, and Tensor Ring are.
Paper: arxiv.org/abs/2510.14523
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Nominations are open for the ASA TSHS Young Investigator Award, which celebrates early-career leaders in stats education in the health sciences.
Apply by May 1: stattrak.amstat.org/... #StatsSky
Struggling with messy data, scope creep, or reproducibility vs. speed? This Instats workshop is for you. Join “Project Quality and Management for Statisticians and Data Scientists” April 8, 15, & 22 (3–5 p.m. ET). Open to all levels. Register: tinyurl.com/ee4xf2vy #STATSSKY #STATISTICS #DATA
#Statistics thought of the day: Type I "errors" in frequentist statistics have always been misleading. The "error" exists only inside a stipulated world, not the real one. You cannot call something an error by assuming the very fact that would make it one. #StatsSky fharrell.com/post/journey
Reporting from Union Station in Washington, DC, ASA's @ron-wasserstein.bsky.social seizes a Statistical Moment following a @cossa.bsky.social gathering—of which ASA is a founding member. Watch as he shares the impact of collaborative relationships: www.cossa.org #STATSSKY
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Mentorship got them here. Now they're paying it forward. Abigail Loe and Olivia McGough, 2025 Cox Scholarship recipients, share their journeys in statistics in Amstat News. #StatsSky #WomenInSTEM magazine.amstat.org/...
It’s Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, and "Practical Significance" is celebrating with Francesca de Rosa of FDR Strategies. She explores serious gaming—where statistics, probability, and modeling help people make better decisions. magazine.amstat.org/podcast-2/ #STATSSKY
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The ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop brings together 1,200+ practitioners and students each year. Submit your poster proposal by April 7 to share your work, connect with leaders, and gain valuable feedback. #StatsSky
April is Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month—a time to celebrate how these vital fields power everyday life. From public health and education to the local economy and social services, data helps keep communities moving. Learn more: tinyurl.com/4pdj3wf3 #STATSSKY #mathstatmonth
After nearly 20 years at 732 N. Washington, the ASA is on the move. Packing up decades of history gave us a chance to reflect, digitize photos, and celebrate our community. We’ll miss this space—but look forward to what’s next. Learn more: www.amstat.org #STATSSKY
Wow this is an impressive article from @verawil.de that I highly recommend. One question-how can one get away with "artificially censored at the moment her actual behavior diverges from the assigned strategy" without making some kind of severe independent censoring assumption? #StatsSky #EpiSky
Join the ASA History of Statistics Interest Group (@hos-asa.bsky.social ) for a webinar May 1 at noon (ET) to discover the remarkable life of Kate Claghorn, the ASA's first female elected Fellow. #STATSSKY Register today: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...
The 2025 DahShu Data Science Symposium took place October 16–18 at the University of Connecticut, bringing together researchers, industry experts, and regulatory professionals to explore how AI and data science are transforming health care. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #statssky
Nice paper on effective sample size for Kaplan-Meier survival curve estimates: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... #Statistics #StatsSky
Nice plots, related to nomograms, which can actually compute predicted values. So-so literature review & the Kaggle link has no attribution of our Titanic dataset. I also use Gini's mean difference for model terms, and relative explained variation with bootstrap CLs. #StatsSky
ASA’s Ron Wasserstein shares a Statistical Moment from Old Town Alexandria, highlighting ASA’s future home at Washington & Duke—connecting past and present HQs. With the move underway, a new chapter begins. Watch the update: www.amstat.org #STATSSKY
STATTR@K | The 2026 IAOS Young Statisticians Prize, offered by the International Association for Official Statistics, encourages young statisticians to take an active interest in official statistics with a best paper competition. Deadline is April 20. stattrak.amstat.org/2026/03/02/i... #statssky
#SubstanceUse #RecoveryResearch #HealthEconomics #PeerSupport #Telehealth #PublicHealth #PsychSciSky #DrugSky #PharmSky #MedSky #AddictionSci #NeuroSky #EpiSky #StatsSky #HealthPolicy @tandfresearch.bsky.social
The Quality & Productivity Section wrapped up a strong 2025—successful conferences, a robust presence at JSM, and two new ASA Fellows. With a strategic plan focused on student engagement, Q&P is building momentum for an even stronger 2026. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #statssky
For Women’s History Month, "Stats + Stories" revisits “Suffragette Statistics.” Guest Altea Lorenzo-Arribas explores how suffragettes used data and analysis to strengthen the case for women’s right to vote and challenge flawed arguments. Listen: tinyurl.com/3wv8n4xy #STATSSKY
The Survey Research Methods Section is connecting members with growing ASA interest groups—including Statistics and Data Science in Aging, Mobile and Wearable Data Science, and Stats Up AI. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #statssky
When Cyclone Ditwah struck Sri Lanka, vital data was hard to access and hard to analyze. To solve this, Thiyanga S. Talagala and team developed open-source R packages that turn messy, distributed data into tidy, analysis-ready data sets. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #statssky
Join the Dionne Price Public Lecture on April 21 at 3 p.m., featuring Lorin Crawford (Microsoft Research), who will present “A Statistician’s Roadmap Toward an AI-Driven Paradigm for Precision Oncology.” Free to attend in person or virtually (registration required): tinyurl.com/y3vaeaup #STATSSKY
Elvan Ceyhan, the Marguerite Scharnagle Endowed Professor at Auburn University, has consistently worked to strengthen community, mentorship, and collaboration across the field. Find out more about his journey in this month’s Member Showcase: magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #statssky
Reporting from Indiana State University, ASA’s Ron Wasserstein shares a Statistical Moment on a cold, windy day. From lottery-based probability to federal statistics, his visit sparked meaningful conversation. Watch and then learn about ASA advocacy: tinyurl.com/bdk3upfe #STATSSKY #FederalStats
Sample size calculations - that rush you get when someone comes back 18 months after you did a calculation for them for some "minor tweaks" and you find your documented notes and calculations code and screenshots 🎉
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Katherine Wallman became Chief Statistician of the United States in 1992, championing data confidentiality and evidence-based policymaking. As president of the ASA, she shaped professional standards and statistical education. magazine.amstat.org/blog/2026/03... #womenshistorymonth #statssky
🚨 New blog post - API access to UN Population Projections (and other interesting data!)
In this example we just extract and plot a couple of interesting variables (Youth and Older-age dependency ratios) as an introduction to using the (well, their) API.
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