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The Statistics Debate event was held in a well-structured debate format.

It took until the end of the webinar.  But someone finally asked the question that was probably on the minds of every one of the 250+ attendees at this meetup (and perhaps on the minds of countless more around the world!) “When are we going to have...

Where do YOU stand? Given the issues surrounding the misuses and abuse of p-values, do you think p-values should be used? Do you think the use of estimation and confidence intervals eliminates the need for hypothesis tests? Bayes Factors - are you...

The National Institute of Statistical Science (NISS) and Merck are sponsoring a Virtual Meet-Up on Vaccine Development. With the COVID pandemic having such a profound effect, everyone is hoping for a highly protective and safe vaccine soon. Yet most...

Friday, August 7th was the first of what has become an annual event at JSM, NISS Writing Workshop for Junior Researchers (at JSM).  As you know, JSM went virtual this year and so did the writing workshop.  And, because of the virtual access...

The Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model is being used by scientists around the world to study the infectious disease dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic and guide public health policy decisions for mitigating the impact of the disease. The...

Note the Adjusted Dates:  This workshop will take place August 7 and August 14.  This will follow the JSM virtual schedule. Once again this very popular short course will be hosted by NISS.  If you are a recent graduate of a doctoral program and...

The Susceptible-Infected-Recovered (SIR) model is being used by scientists around the world to study the infectious disease dynamics of the COVID-19 epidemic and guide public health policy decisions for mitigating the impact of the disease. The...

The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting all of us! The spread of the virus is far-reaching and the consequences from infections are devastating for some.

What is the formula for a great event? What are the critical ingredients?

On November 19, 2019 about 400 attendees dialed in to hear from three speakers assembled by NISS to provide insight into their personal thoughts regarding next steps for how to recoup what utility is left from the well-known, perhaps little...

The NISS Board of Trustees established the Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research in 2000 to honor Jerome Sacks' service as the founding Director of NISS. The annual prize of $1,000 was presented at the NISS / SAMSI Reception at JSM 2019...

NISS recently welcomed two members to the NISS Board of Trustees.