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Below are press releases from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences.

NISS Receives Five-Year Grant from NSF for Triangle Census Research Network

By nunnelly, Nov 14, 2011

The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Duke University received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Census Bureau  for the Triangle Census Research Network (TCRN).  The award, one of eight nationwide under the NSF-Census Research Nodes program, is for nearly $3 million and covers a five-year period.  Jerome Reiter,  Mrs. Alexander Hehmeyer, Associate Professor of Statistical Science at Duke, is principal investigator (PI) on the project; Alan Karr, director of NISS, is the co-PI.

In article in Significance Magazine, Young and Karr Propose Ways to Improve How Observational Studies are Conducted

By nunnelly, Aug 25, 2011

S. Stanley Young, assistant director for bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), and Alan Karr, director at NISS, have published a non-technical article in the September issue of Significance magazine pointing out that medical and other observational studies often produce results that are later shown to be incorrect, and—invoking a quality control perspective—suggest ways to fix the system .

Lawrence Cox, Alan Karr and Satkartar Kinney Publish paper in International Statistical Review

By nunnelly, Aug 12, 2011

Lawrence Cox, Alan Karr and Satkartar Kinney have just published a paper entitled "Risk-Utility Paradigms for Statistical Disclosure Limitation: How to Think, But Not How to Act" in the International Statistical Review, the flagship journal of the International Statistical Institute.

UNC BIOS Department Wins "Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics" Video Competition from ASA

By nunnelly, Aug 12, 2011

The Public Awareness Group of the American Statistical Association awarded University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill BIOS Department as one of the winners in the "Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics" video competition. The awards were presented at JSM in Miami.

A link to the video, "A Statistical New World," is below. UNC, BIOS is a NISS and SAMSI affiliate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NrDmVdHUtVQ