It is with great honor that the Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate Award Committee recognizes the recipient of the 2019 Award, Howard Wainer, for a half-century of statistical advocacy in his writing, lecturing and teaching.
Please join the Chicago Chapter in honoring Dr. Howard Wainer at the Harry V. Roberts Statistical Advocate Award Dinner on Tuesday, June 25, 2019, hosted at the East Bank Club, 500 N. Kingsbury Street, Chicago, IL. Registration and reception beginning at 6:00 PM, dinner at 6:30, award presentation and talk at 7:15. Tickets are $60 for Chapter members, $70 for non-members, and $30 for students.
Topic: Graphs as Poetry
Abstract:
Visual displays of empirical information are too often thought to be just compact summaries that, at their best, can clarify a muddled situation. This is partially true, as far as it goes, but it omits the magic. We have long known that data visualization is an alchemist that can make good scientists great and transform great scientists into giants. In this talk we will see that sometimes, albeit too rarely, the combination of critical questions addressed by important data and illuminated by evocative displays can achieve a transcendent, and often wholly unexpected, result. At their best, visualizations can communicate emotions and feelings in addition to cold, hard facts.
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Anthony Babinec
Chicago Chapter ASA
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