Council of Chapters Traveling Short
Course Committee
Traveling Short
Blackwell Publishing
Courses Planned
“Assessment of Students’ Understanding of
Variation” by Jane M. Watson and Ben A. Kelly, the
2007 winners of the C. Oswald George Prize for the
for 2008
best article in teaching statistics, is now available
for free at
http://wiley-blackwell.msgfocus.com/
q/1cMo6iFzEqVA/wv.
Glenn D. White Jr., Travel Course Committee Chair
Also available to view for free are past C. Oswald
George winners.
2006
The Royal Statistical Society Schools Lecture 2004:
Lies and Statistics, Part 1, by Frank Duckworth
The Royal Statistical Society Schools Lecture
2004: Lies and Statistics, Part 2, by Frank
Duckworth
2005
Bluebells and Bias,
T
raveling short courses are provided by the ASA to bring
low-cost, local courses to chapter members. The traveling
Stitchwort and Statistics
course is intended to serve chapter needs and assist chap-
by Chris du Feu
ters in providing workshops for members and developing pro-
grams and outreach.
Public Opinion Polls, Chicken
Courses are awarded according to geographical proximity
Soup, and Sample Size by Phung
to help keep travel costs low, with special consideration given
Nguyen
to smaller chapters and chapters that have not had a course
2004
recently. Chapters may apply individually, in pairs, or in a tri o.
Of Poohsticks and P-Values:
However, trios of chapters with coordinated proposed course
dates will be given priority for eligibility when voted upon by
Hypothesis Testing in the
the Council of Chapters Governing Board. Thus, a chapter that
Hundred Acre Wood by Eric D.
applies individually risks not being able to be matched with two
Nordmoe
other chapters.
2003
The 2008 courses include the following: Record Values and Surviving
March 16–18 or April 28–30
Glacial Moraines by
Introduction to Survey Sampling
Roger Johnson
Application deadline: January 31, 2008
2002
March 24–27 or March 29
Ducks and Green: An
Bootstrap Methods and Permutation Tests for Doing and
Introduction to the Ideas
Teaching Statistics
of Hypothesis Testing by
E. Seier and C. Robe
Application deadline: January 31, 2008
October 7–11 or October 14–18
2001
An Introduction to the
Introduction to Bayesian Methods for Data Analysis
Bootstrap by Roger Johnson
Intermediate Bayesian Data Analysis Using WinBUGS
and BRugs
2000
Application deadline: August 1, 2008
A Statistics Field Trip? by Susan
Meacock
For more information about the courses, presenters, course
applications, or committee members, visit
www.amstat.org/
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