Hi all,
As announced last week in the CNSL community by Andrea Mack, the Section on Statistical Consulting is ready to resume formal section webinars following the long break! Karen Grace-Martin, founder of The Analysis Factor, will be presenting on
Confusing Statistical Terms during our September webinar. Karen and her team provide high quality, accessible applied statistical support to researchers and statisticians. Information about this webinar is below, and you can register for the webinar at this link:
https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Education/Web-Based-Lectures.aspx
The webinar will be held on Wednesday, September 23rd at 12:00 pm Eastern time, and you must register before Tuesday September 22nd at noon Eastern time.
Please let us know if you have any questions about this webinar, or any requests for future webinars!
Kim and Andrea
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Title
Confusing Statistical Terms
Abstract
Applied statistics has a terminology problem.
We have technical terms that mean something different than their everyday meanings (Odds, Random). We have both single terms with multiple meanings (Factor, Beta) and multiple terms with a single meaning, sometimes with subtle differences (Mixed, Multilevel, and Hierarchical Linear Models). And finally, there are terms with the same definition, but with different implications in different research contexts or fields of application (Confounding, Independent Variable).
All of these issues make communication with clients and collaborators especially hard when they understand a term differently than you think they do. Join us to review and untangle over twenty of these confusing terms. It will help you anticipate where others are likely to get confused, know which words to choose carefully, and communicate effectively.
Bio
Karen Grace-Martin is the founder of The Analysis Factor, which provides statistical training, consulting, and professional development to applied statisticians and researchers.
Her approach is to communicate statistical concepts and applications that meets clients where they are. She believes in the power of training and practical advice to spread the use of good statistical practice.
Since 2008, each year Karen and her team of consultants give statistical workshops, training webinars, and consult with over 1200 clients. Their instructional resources serve over 35,000 people on their mailing list and over 400,000 visits to her web site each month.
Before founding The Analysis Factor, Karen was a statistical consultant at Cornell University for seven years. She started her career as a psychology researcher before getting her masters in applied statistics.
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Kim Love
CNSL Section Communications Officer
Owner and Lead Consultant
K. R. Love Quantitative Consulting & Collaboration
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