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“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…
Nominations are open for the L. Adrienne Cupples Award for Excellence in Teaching, Research, and Service in Biostatistics; Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize for Excellence in Math by an Undergraduate Woman; and the Marvin Zelen Leadership Award in Statistical Science.
The Executive Committee of the Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) calls for nominations for the Alice T. Schafer Mathematics Prize to be awarded to an undergraduate woman for excellence in mathematics. All members of the mathematical community are invited to submit nominations for the Prize. The nominee may be…
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