JULY 2009 • ISSUE #385
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FEATURES
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3 President’s Corner
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5 ASA 2009 Election Results
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7 New Department of Statistics Formed at Miami University
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7 Master’s Degrees Studied
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8 ASA Launches 2009 Annual Fund Drive
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9 Growing the Visibility of Statistics
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10 Praise and Prescriptions for the Federal Statistical System
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13 ASA President Delivers NC State Commencement Speech
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