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The Obama Administration: A Call for Data on What The Gertrude Cox Scholarship Celebrates 20 Years
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Pierson earned his PhD in physics from the University
of Minnesota. He spent eight years in the physics
department of Worcester Polytechnic Institute and later
became head of government relations at the American
Physical Society.
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of employment that will benefit statisticians at the master’s level. Comments
and suggestions should be sent to Keith Crank, ASA assistant director for
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This month’s column is written by George E. DeMuth, who founded
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analysis and evaluation. He earned his bachelor’s degree in mathematics
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