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Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics and Statistical Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward

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The 175th anniversary of the ASA provides an opportunity to look back into the past and peer into the future. What led our forebears to found the association? What commonalities do we still see? What insights might we glean from their experiences and observations? I will use the anniversary as a chance to reflect on where we are now and where we are headed in terms of statistical education amidst the growth of data science. Statistics is the science of learning from data. By fostering more multivariable thinking, building data-related skills, and developing simulation-based problem solving, we can help to ensure that statisticians are fully engaged in data science and the analysis of the abundance of data now available to us.

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  • Nicholas J. Horton, 2015. "Challenges and Opportunities for Statistics and Statistical Education: Looking Back, Looking Forward," The American Statistician, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 69(2), pages 138-145, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:amstat:v:69:y:2015:i:2:p:138-145
    DOI: 10.1080/00031305.2015.1032435
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