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  • 1.  Analytics and data science brief survey

    Posted 03-03-2015 16:37
    This message has been cross posted to the following eGroups: Statistical Education Section and ASA Connect .
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    The "Statistics in Business Schools Interest Group" (SIBSIG), is an interest group within the American Statistical Association (ASA) and an outgrowth of the organization "Making Statistics More Effective in Schools of Business" (MSMESB), founded in the 1970's as a special interest group within the Decision Sciences Institute (DSI). The two groups work closely together to promote modern developments in statistics within business schools.

    Recent developments in business analytics provide an exciting opportunity for teaching statistics to students in business-related fields. To better understand these developments, we request your participation in a short survey to assess the current landscape of interest in and courses offered in business analytics/data science in the current curriculum at higher education institutions

    The fifteen question survey is approved by the Duquesne University Internal Review Board. Participation in this study will require approximately 8 to 12 minutes.  Results from this survey will be summarized and shared to assist those considering curricular changes in the midst of increased focus on big data, data analytics and data science.  Should you have any questions about this study, please contact the researchers, Amy Phelps at phelpsa@duq.edu or Kathryn Szabat at szabat@lasalle.edu.

    To learn more about this study and access the survey, please use the link below:

     https://duqbusiness.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_egNS92t7mna51zL

    We believe that this survey will provide important information leading to the healthy growth of statistics in business education as we seek to persuade deans and other decision-makers of the research potential of this subject matter. Please find 12 minutes or less to complete the survey.

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    Amy Phelps
    Professor
    Duquesne University
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  • 2.  RE: Analytics and data science brief survey

    Posted 03-04-2015 11:55
    Maybe an odd response...but why does it appear that the profession of Statistics is now being called "Data Science" ?  (even by members of ASA)  Am I just out of date?  To paraphrase Rodney Dangerfield we would really get no respect as "Data Scientists".  Thoughts?

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    Jim Baldwin
    Station Statistician
    US Forest Service
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  • 3.  RE: Analytics and data science brief survey

    Posted 03-05-2015 09:00
    ------------------------------------------- Gretchen Donahue ------------------------------------------- Interesting question and I suppose that the answer has something to do with the fact that "data science" is associated with making sense out of huge data bases and huge volumes of data. However, I am often contacted by a Chief (Data) Science Officer of a very large company to suggest appropriate methods for analyzing the large sets of data which he has organized. I consider myself a statistician. He, on the other hand, does a very good job at sifting and screening and organizing the data, plus postulating the hypotheses. But he generally falls short when it comes to selecting the appropriate statistical techniques for his data analysis and understanding their nuances. But, to his credit, he recognizes the need for help from a statistician.
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  • 4.  RE: Analytics and data science brief survey

    Posted 03-05-2015 19:27

    Such may be the case because Statistics can be described as "The Science of Data".

    Of course it looks like the problem is that although statistics ---> data, the converse is not necessarily true (unless we define data not as "information" be what such is in stat, namely "numbers with a context").

    HTH

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    David Bernklau
    (David Bee on Internet)
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