Special Stat In-Person Colloquium: Dr. Barry Nussbaum

We are happy to announce a special Statistics Colloquium this Friday (December 6, 2024), organized by the ASA Maryland Chapter and the ASA Student Chapter.

Title: STATISTICS: The Power and the Challenge

Abstract: Statisticians have long known that success in our profession depends on our ability to succinctly explain our results so decision makers may correctly integrate our efforts into their actions.However, this is no longer enough.While we still must make sure that we carefully present results and conclusions, the real difficulty is what the recipient thinks we just said. This presentation discusses what to do, and what not to do in concisely presenting statistical analyses. The situation becomes more challenging in the age of “Big Data” and sometimes seems to be forgotten with artificial intelligence. The presentation demonstrates the difficulties encountered in “Big Data” and tries to add some human intelligence to artificial intelligence.