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Tenure Track position in Statistics, August 2023

by Scott Alberts

Dear CAUSEweb friends, We are excited to post this advertisement for a tenure-track position in Statistics with a starting date as early as August 2023! We also have several ongoing non-tenure-track openings in Statistics, Data Science, and Mathematics - you can see the full gamut of open positions at at Truman's jobs page <https://trumansu.peopleadmin.com/>: In addition to our undergraduate statistics major, and several minors, Truman has a relatively new Masters in Data Science and Analytical Storytelling, combining statistics and technical coding skills with broader skills (I’d never call them “soft”) including writing, rhetoric, design, and ethics. In its second year, this fully-only program has quickly become the largest graduate program on our primarily undergraduate campus. The ten (after this successful search) statistics faculty at Truman are dedicated to excellent teaching and mentoring, building connections with students not just in our program, but across campus, including a required introductory statistics course for all undergraduates. We also support students and faculty in statistics-related areas, including business, accounting, psychology, economics, biology, health, education, linguistics, environmental science, and our new major in cannabis & natural medicinals. Truman scores well in rankings like US News and Washington Monthly because of our commitment to students and student learning, while embracing a teacher-scholar model that connects our scholarly research to the classroom. The full posting for the tenure-track position can be found here: https://trumansu.peopleadmin.com/postings/575 Review of candidates will start in Mid-June, and I'd be happy to answer any questions to salberts(a)truman.edu. -Scott Alberts -- ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, K. Scott Alberts, PhD (he/his), salberts(a)truman.edu Professor and Chair, Dept. of Statistics, Truman State University Associate Director, Center for Applied Statistics and Evaluation (CASE) ..................................................................... Fortune favors the brave. - Virgil Chance fights ever on the side of the prudent. – Euripides Chance favors only the prepared mind. -- Pasteur

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U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics: June 1-3 in State College, PA

by Ferguson, Andrew

There is still time to register for the 2023 U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS), which will take place at State College, Pennsylvania, beginning at 4:30pm on Thursday, June 1 and concluding at 3:15pm on Saturday, June 3. Pre-conference workshops start on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 30, and a research satellite mini-conference will be held on the evening of Wednesday, May 31 and morning of Thursday, June 1. The conference theme is "Communicating with/about Data." The conference program can be found here: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23/program To register, visit: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23/local-info Students, high school teachers, and two-year college instructors can apply for a registration fee waiver here: www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23/grants<https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23/grants> Please join us and hundreds of other statistics and data science teachers for presentations, conversations, interaction, sharing, learning, camaraderie, and fun at USCOTS! Kelly McConville and Allan Rossman (for the USCOTS Program Committee) kmcconville(a)g.harvard.edu<mailto:kmcconville@g.harvard.edu> arossman(a)calpoly.edu<mailto:arossman@calpoly.edu>

12 months

The CAUSE Cartoon Caption Contest for May is now taking entries!

by Ferguson, Andrew

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our 84th Cartoon Caption Contest! Each month a cartoon, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, is posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions (cartoons are posted at the beginning of the month and submissions are due at the end of the month). The caption contest is offered as a fun way to get your students thinking independently about statistical concepts. The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending May 31 are at https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/may/2023/submissions The best submission will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the final cartoon. Enjoy. [Image] April Results: The April caption contest cartoon is shown here. The judges found the winning caption to be "Collecting data requires knowing what sample size one can feasibly handle!" written by retired AP Statistics teacher Jodene Kissler. Jodene's caption can be used in discussing how choosing an appropriate sample size must balance budget and logistics along with statistical power. An honorable mention this month goes to the caption: "The Negative Correlation Moving Company had trouble holding on to their shorter employees," an anonymous submission that can be used to discuss the difference between positive and negative associations. Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and congratulations to our winners!

1 year

Project-based Learning Workshop in Stats and Data Science Education

by Ferguson, Andrew

Join us for a virtual workshop on project-based learning in statistics and data science. Thurs. May 11, 2023, 3 pm ET Register at bit.ly/41Hz8YY<http://bit.ly/41Hz8YY> In the workshop, our awesome panelists, Nick Horton, Emily Griffith, and Mark Daniel Ward, will briefly summarize the lessons they have learned from mentoring and supervising open-ended data science work and will provide suggestions for those interested in engaging in similar work. Resources related to undergraduate research will be provided and there will be plenty of time for questions. Please share the attached flyer with your colleagues. Best, Kelly McConville & Donna LaLonde

1 year

May 2023 JSDSE webinar: Playmeans: Inclusive and Engaging Data Science Through Music

by Ferguson, Andrew

Playmeans: Inclusive and Engaging Data Science Through Music Tuesday, May 16th, 2023 4:00 pm - 4:30 pm EDT Presented by: Davit Khachatryan (Babson College) Abstract: This month, in the CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) / JSDSE (Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education) webinar series, Dr. Davit Khachatryan discusses his web application (and paper): Playmeans. According to decades of research in educational psychology, learning is a social process that is enhanced when it happens in contexts that are familiar and relevant. But because of the skyrocketing popularity of data science, professors today often work with students coming from an abundance of academic concentrations, professional, and personal backgrounds. How can teaching account for the existing multiplicity of interests and be inclusive of diverse cultural, socioeconomic, and professional backgrounds? Music is a convenient medium that can engage and include. Enter Playmeans, a novel web application ("app") that enables students to perform unsupervised learning while exploring music. The flexible user interface lets a student select their favorite artist and acquire, in real time, the corresponding discography in a matter of seconds. The student then interacts with the acquired data by means of visualizing, clustering, and, most importantly, listening to music-all of which are happening within the novel Playmeans app. [davitkhachatryan.png] Article Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26939169.2022.2138801 The webinar is free but pre-registration is required: please sign up at: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/jsdse/2023-05 Please join us!

1 year

CAUSE Research Reading Group: May 3rd, 2023 & Announcement for Summer 2023

by Shu-Min Liao

Dear all, Happy Friday! CAUSE Research Reading Group meetings continue! Our next meeting is scheduled on *Wednesday, May 3rd*, at *2–3PM ET *(1 pm CT, noon MT, 11 am PT). Please find the link for registration and the link to the article below. Title: The Status of Confounding Description: This month, in the CAUSE/JSDSE webinar series*, we highlight the article, "Statistical Literacy: A Study of Confounding". Attendees will discuss the importance of the idea of confounding and propose reasons for its minimal presence in our textbooks and curriculum. The GAISE 2016 update recommended including multivariate thinking (and confounding) in the introductory course. Attendees will identify material that can be de-emphasized to allow 2 or 3 weeks in a semester to introduce multivariate thinking and confounding. Finally they will examine the pros and cons of recommending that statistical education offer two versions of the introductory course. Article link: www.StatLit.org/pdf/2019-Schield-ASA.pdf * CAUSE: Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education. JSDSE: Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education. Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting: https://amherstcollege.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJctdOiqqTssE9K901U_xwoK-r9… After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Our hosts for this session will be Milo Schield & Larry Lesser (big thanks to Milo & Larry!). Don’t worry if you haven’t participated in our previous meetings yet. All meetings are independent from each other, so please join us if you are interested. *All are welcome!* *About Summer 2023*: This is going to be our last session for Spring 2023 and there will be no meeting in the third week of May. Megan and I have decided that we will meet on the *first & third Wednesday* at *12:00-1:00PM ET*/ 9-10AM PT during Summer 2023 (June – August) - except the third week of July. The “theme” for Summer 2023 is “*Frameworks in Statistics and Data Science Education + Data Science Education*” and the first summer meeting is scheduled shortly after USCOTS 2023 on *June 7th, 2023*. Please find the reading list and specific dates for Summer 2023 via this link <https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JgQWdNAdRMsdVEHfpiAdppiWmaRFZul2NEUPO4h…>, and consider hosting a session or two for this research reading group this summer : ) As always, please don’t hesitate to reach out to me or Megan if you have any questions or suggestions. We are all ears! Look forward to having you join us next Wednesday, Shu-Min & Megan

1 year

The CAUSE Cartoon Caption Contest for April is now taking entries

by Taylor, Kati

The Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education is happy to announce our 83nd Cartoon Caption Contest! Each month a cartoon, drawn by British cartoonist John Landers, is posted for you and your students to suggest statistical captions (cartoons are posted at the beginning of the month and submissions are due at the end of the month). The caption contest is offered as a fun way to get your students thinking independently about statistical concepts. The next cartoon and the entry rules for the contest ending April 30 are at https://www.causeweb.org/cause/caption-contest/april/2023/submissions The best submission will be posted on CAUSEweb and the winner(s) will receive their choice of a coffee mug or t-shirt imprinted with the final cartoon. [Image] Enjoy. March Results:   The March caption contest cartoon is shown here. The judges found the winning caption to be “Good graphs give food for thought,” written by Larry Lesser at The University of Texas at El Paso. Larry’s caption can be used in discussing how data visualizations help in thinking about the interpretation of data and stimulate critical thinking about the topic of the plot. Honorable mentions this month go to Laila Poisson from Henry Ford Health for her caption:“Celebrating the art of statistics,” and to Charlie Smith from North Carolina State University for his caption: “Data visualization opens the door to understanding your data, and it’s cool!” Both of these captions can be used to stimulate a general appreciation for statistical graphics. Thanks to everyone who submitted a caption and congratulations to our winners!

1 year, 1 month

Early-bird registration deadline for USCOTS: Monday, April 17

by Taylor, Kati

The early-bird registration deadline for the 2023 U.S. Conference on Teaching Statistics (USCOTS) is Monday, April 17. The registration fee will increase from $225 to $275 after 11:59pm Eastern time on April 17. This in-person conference will take place at State College, Pennsylvania, beginning at 4:30pm on Thursday, June 1 and concluding at 3:15pm on Saturday, June 3. Pre-conference workshops start on May 30, and a research satellite mini-conference will be held on the evening of May 31 and morning of June 1. The conference theme is “Communicating with/about Data.” The registration fee provides access to all conference sessions, pre-conference workshops, and the research satellite mni-conference. Also included are the opening mixer on Thursday evening, banquet dinner on Friday evening, and lunches on Friday and Saturday. See www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23<https://www.causeweb.org/cause/uscots/uscots23> to register and find much more information. Please join us and hundreds of other statistics teachers for presentations, conversations, interaction, sharing, learning, camaraderie, and fun at USCOTS! Kelly McConville and Allan Rossman (for the USCOTS Program Committee) kmcconville(a)g.harvard.edu arossman(a)calpoly.edu

1 year, 1 month

Next CAUSE Research Reading Group

by Mocko,Megan E

Dear all, Happy Monday! CAUSE Research Reading Group meetings continue! Our next meeting is scheduled on Wednesday, April 19th, at 2:00 - 3:00PM ET (1 pm CT, noon MT, 11 am PT). Please find the link for registration and the link to the article below. Lyford, A. & Kaplan, J.J. Improving student learning and instructional effectiveness through the innovative use of automated analysis of formative assessments. In Sorto, M.A. (Ed) Proceedings on the 10th International Conference on Teaching Statistics (ICOTS-10). http://iase-web.org/icots/10/proceedings/pdfs/ICOTS10_1E1.pdf?1531382515 For those who want additional background: Kaplan, J. J., Lyford, A., & Jennings, J. K. (2018). Effects of question stem on student descriptions of histograms. Statistics Education Research Journal, 17(1), 85-102. https://doi.org/10.52041/serj.v17i1.177 Zoom: Register in advance for this meeting: https://ufl.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUqc-2gqj0oGteoWrN8HPCGrFpvEYeP1Wmz After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the meeting. Our host for this session will be Jennifer Kaplan (thank you so much, Jennifer!). Don't worry if you haven't participated in our previous meetings yet. All meetings are independent from each other, so please join us if you are interested. All are welcome! Look forward to having you join us on Wednesday, April 19th! Shu-Min & Megan Megan Mocko (she/her/hers) Lecturer Information Systems and Operations Management WARRINGTON COLLEGE OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA ____________________________ 352-392-9731 Megan.Mocko(a)warrington.ufl.edu<mailto:Megan.Mocko@warrington.ufl.edu> Stuzin Hall 351B PO Box 117169, Gainesville, FL 32611 WARRINGTON.ufl.edu [cid:image005.jpg@01D3D18E.A16AD250]

1 year, 1 month

April 2023 JSDSE webinar: Designing a Large, Online Simulation-Based Introductory Statistics Course

by Taylor, Kati

Designing a Large, Online Simulation-Based Introductory Statistics Course Tuesday, April 18th, 2023 4:00 pm – 4:30 pm EDT Presented by: Ella Burnham (Gustavus Adolphus College), Erin Blankenship (University of Nebraska-Lincoln, and Sydney Brown (University of Nebraska-Lincoln) Abstract: This month, in the CAUSE (Consortium for the Advancement of Undergraduate Statistics Education) / JSDSE (Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education) webinar series, we highlight the article, Designing a Large, Online Simulation-Based Introductory Statistics Course. The authors designed an asynchronous undergraduate introductory statistics course that focuses on simulation-based inference at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. In the webinar presentation, the authors plan to describe the process they used to design the course, as well as the structure of the course. They will also discuss feedback and comments they received from students on the course evaluations and will reflect on the course after teaching it for the past three years. Their goal is to provide useful tips and ideas for instructors who have developed or are developing their own asynchronous introductory course. And while they emphasized simulation-based inference in their own course, they believe that many of the design features of this course may be useful for those using a traditional approach to inference in their introductory courses. Article Link: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/26939169.2022.2087810 The webinar is free but pre-registration is required. Please sign up at: https://www.causeweb.org/cause/webinar/jsdse/2023-04 Please join us! Dr. Leigh V. Johnson Associate Professor | Capital University Department Chair, Mathematics, Computer Science and Physics Stegemoeller Endowed Chair in Computational Sciences Chair, College Faculty JSDSE Webinar Coordinator Author Headshots: Erin Blankenship [Erin Blankenship Headshot.jpg] Ella Burnham [Professional Photo.jpg] Sydney Brown [190919_Brown_201RT810.jpg]

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