The Rochester Chapter of the ASA is pleased to inform you of our next monthly meeting on Monday, March 21, 2022 at 6:00pm EST (TIME CHANGE). During this meeting, we will feature a 15-minute short talk by Regis O'Connor (Course Developer, O'Connor Analytics LLC). We would like to invite all interested fellow statisticians and ASA members to attend.
When: Monday March 21, 2022 at 6:00 pm
Where: On Zoom, the link for which is https://rit.zoom.us/j/93908481472
Agenda:
- Minutes from February Meeting
- Statistics Trivia: Have some fun with your statistics and statistical history knowledge!
- Mini-talk by Regis O'Connor (abstract below)
- DataFest: March 25 - 27, https://www.rit.edu/science/datafest
Report and call for participation by Ahmed Toslim and Jason
- UPSTAT 2022@SUNYBuffalo: Invitation to register and participate! http://publichealth.buffalo.edu/biostatistics/up-stat-2022-conference.html
The conference will be held at the great SUNY Buffalo from May 2-4, 2022 in a hybrid format.
Special invitation to local AND non-local students to complete in the Data Analytics Competition (undergrads & graduate students)
- Other Business: May be most relevant to Rochester and geographically local chapters.
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Mini-Talk Abstract:
BOOK REVIEW: "Data Mining for Business Analytics"
Regis O'Connor, MBA, Course Developer, O'Connor Analytics LLC
This talk will review the textbook "Data Mining for Business Analytics" by Shmueli, Bruce, Yahav, Patel, & Lichtendahl (2017). We will examine the strengths and weaknesses of using this text in practice.
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Katherine Grzesik
Assistant Professor
Rochester Chapter Secretary
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