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The Official Newsletter of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association
January 2020
In This Issue
 
January Luncheon
February Luncheon

President's Letter
January Luncheon

Women in Analytics Panel Duscussion
 
Panel:
Julie Schmidt
(President CCASA),
Mary Kwasny (Professor Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine),
Sandra Leingruber (Vice President at Epsilon),
Katie Ferguson (Partner & Executive Recruiter at Burtch Works)
   
Tuesday 
January 21
12:00pm - 1:30pm
The East Bank Club
500 N Kingsbury
Chicago, IL 60610
 
Abstract:  
 
The ever-increasing demand for analytics and data science creates opportunity for women to accelerate their careers by embracing analytic roles. Please join, Julie Schmidt, President of the Chicago Chapter of the American Statistical Association, as she leads a panel discussion with several female leaders, from the academic and private sectors, who are making an impact in the Analytics industry. We will learn about their experiences and hear their advice that will enable you to achieve success in your career journey. 
Steve Ziliak presents on Guinnessometrics at the December Luncheon
Cult of Statistical Significance  Book Review
   February Luncheon 
Date: February 18, 2020
Time: noon-1:30
Location: East Bank Club
Topic: The Limits of the Central Limit Theorem
Presented by:  Lou Fogg
   President's Letter
Dear CCASA Members,

Happy New Year!

We ended 2019 with a great Holiday luncheon. Thank you to all those that attended this festive event and to our speaker Professor Stephen T. Ziliak. I hope those that won his book have read it and are sharing with others!

This month we have another unique luncheon planned which is not our typical speaker format. I will be moderating a panel discussion with three women in Analytics that have been in Analytics for collectively over 50 years. I'm so excited to learn more about the journeys of our panelist as well as learn from their experience. I posted this event on LinkedIn so please share with your network to make this event a huge success so we can repeat this format in the future.

As we enter into 2020 we are busy planning our two major events for the year, our conference and our workshop. We are finalizing the topics for each of these and will be sharing them soon.   Please be on the lookout for these events and share with your networks. Keep in mind that these events are constructed to be educational and typically the registration can be reimbursed as a training expense. It doesn't hurt to ask!   These events not only support our Chapter's financial stability, but more importantly, have allowed us to continue to bring experts in our field to the forefront and make the Chicago Statistical community on par with the best and the brightest.  I look forward to seeing everyone at these upcoming events.