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Activity Number: 84
Type: Invited
Date/Time: Monday, July 30, 2007 : 8:30 AM to 10:20 AM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Consulting
Abstract - #307790
Title: Academia and the Professional Statistician Community
Author(s): Mary E. Thompson*+
Companies: University of Waterloo
Address: Statistics and Actuarial Science, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
Keywords: accreditation ; professional practice ; universities
Abstract:

Accreditation in Canada is a certification for professional practice of statistics, and has strong support from academia as well as the professional statistician community. The program has important implications for universities. It provides a new dimension to undergraduate and master's level education. University statisticians are and will be closely involved in the development and delivery of continuing education opportunities. The academic and professional statistician communities also intersect. Some reflections on the importance of this intersection and some of the questions surrounding it will be offered.

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