News
December 19, 2012
The IMS Monograph Large-Scale Inference by Bradley Efron, published by Cambridge University Press, is now out in a new paperback edition. IMS members can obtain a copy with a 40% discount by quoting the code “IMSSERIES2” at this link. IMS member price is just US \$23.99 for the paperback,…
The IMS Child Care Initiative is designed to encourage and support the participation at IMS Annual Meetings of IMS members who have child care responsibilities. This year’s IMS Annual Meeting takes place at the Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada, from August 3–8, 2013. The IMS will reimburse members 80%…
The IMS Laha Awards provide funds for students and new researchers to travel to present a paper at the IMS Annual Meeting (at JSM in Montreal this year). The application deadline has been extended to March 1, 2013.
In selecting these awards, first priority is given to students, second priority…
“Why is the denominator in the sample mean n, but the denominator for the sample variance is n−1?” a reader asked me. My answer needs to be comprehensible to his grand-daughter, who we can safely say is not doing an advanced degree in statistics at an institution of…
December 8, 2012
Friday, December 7 marks the start of MPE2013. You can view the official press release here, Or visit http://mpe2013.org/newsroom-2/ to view it in French or Spanish, and see other news relating to MPE2013.
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