An Overview of the Recently Updated ASA Undergraduate Curriculum Guidelines for Statistics (cancelled)

Speaker: Steve Cohen, Senior Fellow, NORC at the University of Chicago
Chair: Nathaniel Schenker, Deputy Director, National Center for Health Statistics and Former President, ASA
Sponsors: WSS Statistics Education Committee and Gonzaga College High School
Date and Time: January 20, 2016 4:00-5:30 p.m. Informal reception to follow at approximately 5:45 p.m. at East Street Cafe on the mezzanine level of Union Station.
Location: Gonzaga College High School - 19 I Street, NW Washington, DC 20001 - Ruesch Hall, Room 307. Please call (202) 336-7100 if you have trouble finding the building.

By Metro: Take the Red Line to Union Station. From Union Station, walk north along North Capitol Street for about 4-5 blocks until you reach St Aloysius Church (just after the football field). Go through the pedestrian entrance of the gate to the right of the church. To your right are the two academic buildings, Ruesch and Cantwell Halls. Enter through the center entrance of those buildings and proceed up the stairs to Room 307.

By Car: Free parking is available in the school parking garage, which is accessible after 3 p.m. Information about the parking garage can be found at http://www.gonzaga.org/parking. Coming out of the garage, the building in front of you is Dooley Hall. To the right of Dooley Hall is a pass-through to the other part of the campus. Go down those stairs, through the pass-through and then up the stairs after that. As you come up the stairs you will see the two main academic buildings, Ruesch and Cantwell Halls. Enter through the center entrance of those buildings and proceed up the stairs to Room 307.

RSVP: To be placed on the seminar attendance list, please email Carol Joyce Blumberg at cblumberg@gmail.com by January 18, 2016.

Abstract: The American Statistical Association (ASA) recognizes the importance of undergraduate programs in statistics. In 2000 ASA endorsed undergraduate curriculum guidelines for statistics. In 2013 ASA formed an undergraduate curriculum workgroup to revise as necessary the 2000 guidelines as much has changed over the intervening 12 years since they were last reviewed. While many aspects of our 2014 recommendations remain the same as the previous guidelines, much has changed and needs to be made more specific and detailed. The proposed new guidelines reflect the increased importance of data-related skills in practice, with more emphasis on teamwork, communications, and related experiences (e.g., internships, research experience for undergraduates (REU), and capstones). In this talk, I provide the context of how the workgroup attempted to gain community input on what should be included, discuss the details of the new curriculum guidelines as they reflect changes already implemented in many current curricula, and discuss the supporting material that supplements the guidelines with additional detail that is on the ASA website.

POC email: Carol Joyce Blumberg, cblumberg@gmail.com

Remote Access: If you want to attend the seminar remotely, using video and/or audio, contact cblumberg@gmail.com by January 18, 2016. Instructions will be provided to you around January 18.