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Events before 2019

2018
ASA Traveling Course in Applied Longitudinal Analysis, October 2018 Garrett Fitzmaurice, of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, gave a day-long course at Drexel on linear mixed models with splines to handle non-linearities, and generalized linear mixed models for binary longitudinal data. PA Winners in National Data Visualization Competition for Grades K-12, August 2018 First place in the Grades 4-6 was won by a fifth grader who surveyed first graders to assess how many had learned to tie their own shoelaces and what factors were predictive of learning. For Grades 10-12, top honorable mention went to a study of optical illusions. Ursinus College Career in Statistics Panel, April 2018 Distinguished statisticians shared their varied experiences and answered students’ questions. Panelists included Kenneth Goldberg, Janssen Research and Development; Kira Pugilese, AstraZeneca; James McKinistry, Lawyermetrix; Raymond Jia, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; and Rachel Rogers, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. ASA Philadelphia 2018 Welcome Spring Gathering, April 2018 Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. David Morganstein, vice president at Westat, spoke on mentoring.

2018

ASA Traveling Course in Applied Longitudinal Analysis, October 2018

Garrett Fitzmaurice, of the T.H. Chan School of Public Health at Harvard, gave a day-long course at Drexel on linear mixed models with splines to handle non-linearities, and generalized linear mixed models for binary longitudinal data.

PA Winners in National Data Visualization Competition for Grades K-12, August 2018

First place in the Grades 4-6 was won by a fifth grader who surveyed first graders to assess how many had learned to tie their own shoelaces and what factors were predictive of learning. For Grades 10-12, top honorable mention went to a study of optical illusions.

Ursinus College Career in Statistics Panel, April 2018

Distinguished statisticians shared their varied experiences and answered students’ questions. Panelists included Kenneth Goldberg, Janssen Research and Development; Kira Pugilese, AstraZeneca; James McKinistry, Lawyermetrix; Raymond Jia, Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia; and Rachel Rogers, Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia.

ASA Philadelphia 2018 Welcome Spring Gathering, April 2018

Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. David Morganstein, vice president at Westat, spoke on mentoring.

2017
Philadelphia Big Data Symposium, October 2017 Sponsored by Clindata Insight. Bill Kahn, Bank of America, started with a talk, “16 Questions for a Next-Generation Big-Data Champion from a Last-Generation Small-Data Statistician.” Then ten other attendees spoke for half an hour each on topics ranging from basketball to neuroimaging. ASA Traveling Course: Analysis of Incomplete Data, September, 2017 Ofer Harel, University of Connecticut, gave a day-long course at Penn State on how incomplete data can lead to biased and inefficient estimates and on strategies for addressing incomplete data. ASA Personal Development Course: Effective Presentations for Statisticians, September 2017 Jennifer Van Mullekom, Virginia Tech, gave a day-long course at Penn State aimed at sharpening public speaking skills for statisticians. Topics included preparing an effective message; good graphic design; use of slides, demos and videos; and engaging the audience. ASA Philadelphia 2017 Welcome Spring Gathering, March 2017 Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Ed Gracely spoke on the history of Statistics Without Borders from its origins as a volunteer effort within ASA to its current status as an organization with several thousand members providing pro bono serves in statistics and data science where access to such resources is limited.

2016
ASA Traveling Course: R Programming From the Classroom to the Real World, May 2016 Jay Emerson, Yale, gave a day-long course at Penn State on essentials of the core R language aimed at instructors who plan to use R in courses and research, and at practitioners who want to become more productive. Real-world data problems were presented and problem solving outside-the-box was emphasized. ASA Philadelphia Welcome Spring Gathering, April 2016 Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Naomi B. Robbins spoke on How to Recognize Misleading and Deceptive Graphs, including how to prevent accidentally creating deceptive graphs.

2016

ASA Traveling Course: R Programming From the Classroom to the Real World, May 2016

Jay Emerson, Yale, gave a day-long course at Penn State on essentials of the core R language aimed at instructors who plan to use R in courses and research, and at practitioners who want to become more productive. Real-world data problems were presented and problem solving outside-the-box was emphasized.

ASA Philadelphia Welcome Spring Gathering, April 2016

Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Naomi B. Robbins spoke on How to Recognize Misleading and Deceptive Graphs, including how to prevent accidentally creating deceptive graphs.

2015
ASA Traveling Course: Bayesian Methods and Computing for Evidence Synthesis and Network Meta-Analysis, September 2015 Brad Carlin, University of Minnesota, gave a day-long course at Haverford College introducing Bayesian methods, computing, and software, and elucidating their use in evidence synthesis and network meta-analysis. Live demonstrations showed how methods can be implemented in BUGS and R. ASA Philadelphia Welcome Spring Gathering, March 2015 Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Regina Nuzzo, science journalist and professor at Gallaudet, spoke on Communicating Statistics: P-Value Pitfalls, Sensational Science and the Media. She discussed the unique role of statisticians in science communication, and potential approaches for dealing with the public, scientists, and publicity teams.

2015

ASA Traveling Course: Bayesian Methods and Computing for Evidence Synthesis and Network Meta-Analysis, September 2015

Brad Carlin, University of Minnesota, gave a day-long course at Haverford College introducing Bayesian methods, computing, and software, and elucidating their use in evidence synthesis and network meta-analysis. Live demonstrations showed how methods can be implemented in BUGS and R.

ASA Philadelphia Welcome Spring Gathering, March 2015

Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Regina Nuzzo, science journalist and professor at Gallaudet, spoke on Communicating Statistics: P-Value Pitfalls, Sensational Science and the Media. She discussed the unique role of statisticians in science communication, and potential approaches for dealing with the public, scientists, and publicity teams.

2014
ASA Fall Seminar on Business Analytics: Statistics and Big Data, October 2014 Randy Bartlett spoke at the Holiday Inn, Fort Washington, on how applied statisticians should communicate and validate that statistics is center stage in the realm of data analysis and that Big Data means more statistics, not less. ASA Spring Short Course: Effective Communication With Graphics for Statisticians, Non-Statisticians, and Students, October 2014 Thomas E. Bradstreet spoke at the Holiday Inn, Fort Washington, on principles of visual perception, design, and construction of graphic displays of both quantitative and qualitative information.   He also discussed how to critically review published graphs. Guidelines were illustrated with examples of what-to-do and what-not-to-do, based upon graphs of real datasets, graphs from peer reviewed journals and reference books. ASA Philadelphia 2014 Winter Gathering Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Megan Murphy, communications manager at ASA, spoke on Sharing Your Passion for Statistics. She discussed how to address policymakers, the media and the general public through social media and shared the ASA’s social media plan.

2014

ASA Fall Seminar on Business Analytics: Statistics and Big Data, October 2014

Randy Bartlett spoke at the Holiday Inn, Fort Washington, on how applied statisticians should communicate and validate that statistics is center stage in the realm of data analysis and that Big Data means more statistics, not less.
ASA Spring Short Course: Effective Communication With Graphics for Statisticians, Non-Statisticians, and Students, October 2014

Thomas E. Bradstreet spoke at the Holiday Inn, Fort Washington, on principles of visual perception, design, and construction of graphic displays of both quantitative and qualitative information.   He also discussed how to critically review published graphs. Guidelines were illustrated with examples of what-to-do and what-not-to-do, based upon graphs of real datasets, graphs from peer reviewed journals and reference books.

ASA Philadelphia 2014 Winter Gathering

Social event at the Sedgeley Club boathouse in Philadelphia. Megan Murphy, communications manager at ASA, spoke on Sharing Your Passion for Statistics. She discussed how to address policymakers, the media and the general public through social media and shared the ASA’s social media plan.

Events before 2019