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At the End of the Year, Consider Giving to NISS

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This is an exciting phase for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) as we embark upon celebrating our 25th anniversary this coming year and welcome our new director. At the end of the year, we hope you will consider making a generous contribution to NISS. Any amount is... more

Former NISS Postdoc Featured in Chance Magazine

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Former NISS postdoc, Xia Wang, who is currently assistant professor in the department of mathematical sciences at the University of Cincinnati, recently spoke at the first Women in Statistics Conference in Cary, NC. She talked about her experience at NISS and encouraged others to look at NISS and... more

Know Your Power: A Panel Discussion by Past and Future ASA Presidents

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NISS Board of Trustees member Jessica Utts is interviewed along with other well known women in statistics, during a panel discussion at the Women in Statistics conference that was held last summer in Cary, NC. Jessica will be the next American Statistical Association president. The interview was... more

Analyzing Complex Survey Data with Missing Item Values Workshop A Success

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a nonprofit organization that fosters high-impact cross-disciplinary and cross-sector research involving statistical sciences, held a workshop for its affiliates and others on October 17 at the Bureau of Labor Statistics Conference Center in... more

Dear Friend and Colleague Susie Bayarri Passed Away

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NISS is saddened to learn of the death of Susie Bayarri on August 19, 2014. Susie was a long-time friend and collaborator of NISS, as well as a participant in several SAMSI programs. She visited both institutes frequently. Susie was PI on the NSF-funded, multi-institution NISS project "... more

Terry Speed Recipient of the 2014 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

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August 25, 2014, Research Triangle Park, NC - Dr. Terry Speed, head of bioinformatics at the Walter and Eliza Hall Institute for Medical Research in Melbourne, Australia, is the recipient of the 2014 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. The award is given by the National Institute of... more

Ellenberg and Soper Win 2014 NISS Distinguished Service Awards

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August 25, 2014, Research Triangle Park, NC: Susan Ellenberg and Keith Soper have received the 2014 Distinguished Service Awards from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). Alan Karr, Director of NISS, presented the awards on August 4, 2014 at the NISS/SAMSI (Statistical and Applied... more

NISS Mentioned in New York Times Article

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NISS Director Alan Karr was asked by the New York Times to look at some statistical work that was done by two companies that specialize in evaluating art market data for an article they were writing about flipping art work as an investment. The two studies done say it may be premature to consider... more

Yu Receives the 2014 y-BIS Award

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Guan Yu, a Ph.D. candidate from the Statistics and Operations Research Department at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC-CH), is this year's recipient of the Young Statisticians in Business and Industry (y-BIS) Award. The award recognizes the best paper, based on both content and... more

“Statistics and Science: A Report of the London Workshop on the Future of the Statistical Sciences” report published

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As a result of a workshop that Alan Karr and others participated in, a report entitled “Statistics and Science: A Report of the London Workshop on the Future of the Statistical Sciences” has been published. The report talks about how statistics are used in the modern world, and looks at... more

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