Panel Discussion for the Power of Podcast: Promoting Statistics and Data Science in the Age of Social Media

• Activity Number: 403 - The Power of Podcast: Promoting Statistics and Data Science in the Age of Social Media
• Type: Topic Contributed
• Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2018 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Section on Statistical Graphics
• Author(s): Richard Zink* and John Bailer* and Katie Malone* and Kyle Polich*
• Companies: TARGET PharmaSolutions and Miami University and Civis Analytics and Data Skeptic
• Keywords: biostatistics; data science; podcast; statistics; communication

Abstract

This panel session features the hosts of several statistics and data science podcasts. Each panelist provides a brief overview of their podcast, communicating the initial motivation for developing their show, summarizing common topics or themes of individual episodes, and describing what they hope to accomplish through this medium. Panel discussion addresses the ability of podcasts to communicate, educate, and entertain; the potential of podcasts to attract a new generation of statistical thinkers; and the need for statisticians and data scientists to develop their leadership and communication skills and to become more outward facing in their roles, both with quantitative and non-quantitative professionals.