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NISS Elects Board of Trustees Members and New Officers

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a nonprofit organization that promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-sector statistical research, announced it has elected its new officers of its Board of Trustees and re-elected several members to the Board. The elections took place during its... more

Sweeping Study of Children's Health - Young Cautions Researchers to Look for False Signals

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The Chicago Tribune reported that a large scale study will be conducted following a couple of thousand Chicago-area children from womb to 21. The data will feed into the National Children's Study.Stan Young, assistant director of bioinformatics at NISS, notes that the large number of questions the... more

Article about Statistics Community in RTP - Triangle Business Journal

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As far as statistics go, here's an eye catcher: The Triangle has the highest concentration of statisticians in the country outside of Washington D.C., according to the National Institute of Statistical Sciences. To read more about World Statistics Day and about the statistical community in the... more

Sallie Ann Keller Receives the 2010 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

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James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees of  the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), announces that Dr. Sallie Ann Keller has received the 2010 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research. Katherine Ensor, chair of the Department of Statistics at Rice University,... more

2010 NISS Distinguished Service Award Presented to Bock, Wilkinson and Thomas

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James Landwehr, chair of the Board of Trustees for the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) announces that Mary Ellen Bock, Lee Wilkinson and James Thomas are the recipients of this year's NISS Distinguished Service Awards. The awards were presented by Alan Karr, director of NISS, at... more

Solomon and Williams win ASA Founders Award

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The American Statistical Association (ASA), the nation's preeminent professional statistical society, has named the winners of its prestigious 2010 Founders Award, given to ASA members who have rendered distinguished service to the association.Winners were presented the award at the Joint... more

NISS Celebrates 20th Anniversary and Affiliates Program Celebrates 10th Anniversary

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NISS celebrated its 20th anniversary by showing a video at the JSM reception in Vancouver, British Columbia on August 2, 2010. This video is what was shown at the reception.

Dr. Ward Robinson's Blog on Problems in Epidemiology Land

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Dr. Stan Young, Assistant Director for Bioinformatics at NISS, lectured at the SCOPES Academy at North Carolina State University in April and his presentation caught the interest of Dr. Ward Robinson. Click here to read Dr. Robinson's remarks.

NISS Hires Lawrence H. Cox as Assistant Director for Official Statistics

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Lawrence H. Cox, Ph.D. has been appointed Assistant Director for Official Statistics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS).  The announcement was made by Alan Karr, Director of NISS, who noted that “Larry Cox is a distinguished statistician who will help NISS in many ways,... more

National Institute of Statistical Sciences Awarded Grant for Postdoctoral Research in Support of Science Resource Statistics (SRS)

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), an independent institute that conducts cross-disciplinary and cross-sector statistical sciences research, has been awarded a $750,209 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to establish a postdoctoral research program in collaboration... more

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