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NISS-NCES Panels Focus on Release of Data on How Students Take Digital Tests!

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As schools in the United States are using more and more digital technology for teaching assessment a new window is opening into students’ actual processes of arriving at responses to each item.  The National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) charged NISS with convening two panels to... more

Writing Workshop Provides Access to Advice, Experience and Mentorship

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Friday, August 7th was the first of what has become an annual event at JSM, NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers (at JSM).  As you know, JSM went virtual this year and so did the writing workshop.  And, because of the virtual access participants that might not have been able to... more

NISS Highlight: Meet New Research Associate Zach Terner!

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Zach Terner is a new NISS Research Associate.  Zach just started work with the National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS) at the USDA where his initial challenge at NASS is to help identify and correct errors in responses to agricultural surveys that NASS conducts. The challenge is being... more

New Series of Tutorials: Essentials of Data Science for Business

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What do you think are the top ten, key and practical data analytics methods in that are in use in the business world today? On Wednesday, July 29th Victor Lo (Fidelity Investments) provided a comprehensive overview of those topics that he feels are proving to be these essential... more

Day Two of Ingram Olkin Forum Reveals New Statistical Challenges for Mediating Disrupted Trials

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Nancy Flournoy, Chair of the NISS Ingram Olkin Forum Committee, founding member of NISS and Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Missouri, opened the second forum session by sharing additional insights about the late Ingram Olkin, whose career and life’s work is being honored... more

Ingram Olkin Forum Features Examples/Advice Regarding Unplanned Disruptions of Clinical Trials

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To honor the work and actions of the late Ingram Olkin, an eminent statistician, mentor and contributor to social causes, NISS brings together experts and researchers together from a variety of fields and backgrounds into multi-day forums. The focus of these forums is to bring forward a current... more

NISS at a Virtual JSM in 2020! Check Your Schedule!

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Despite JSM being virtual this year, NISS still has a number of sessions on the schedule!  Here is the scoop!  As you put your virtual schedule together for JSM this year, make sure you don't forget about these important sessions! First, NISS has organized two important sessions... more

Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) Modeling the Focus of NISS/ASA Tutorial

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The Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model is being used by scientists around the world to study the infectious disease dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic and guide public health policy decisions for mitigating the impact of the disease. The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and... more

Successful Career Fair Series Finishes with Insights into BioPharm Industries

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On June 3rd NISS hosted its final and most well attended Career Fair, the eighth in a series of career fairs that have generated a wealth of knowledge and insight into what it is like and what is required to acquire and thrive as a statistician in industry, government and/or academia. ... more

Cross-Disciplinary Research Highlighted in ASA Biopharm Podcast about NISS

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Richard Zink has been moderating a series of podcasts sponsorred by the ASA's Biopharmaceutical Section.  Episode 77 featured his interview of Nancy Flournoy (Curators Distinguished Professor at the University of Missouri), Dan Holder (Executive Director of Biostatistics and Research... more

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