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Activity Number: 294
Type: Contributed
Date/Time: Tuesday, July 31, 2007 : 10:30 AM to 12:20 PM
Sponsor: Section on Statistical Education
Abstract - #309510
Title: Passing On the Passion: Recruiting Students of Statistics
Author(s): Reid Landes*+
Companies: University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Address: 4301 W Markham St, Little Rock, AR, 72205-7199,
Keywords: career choice ; statistical education ; undergraduates
Abstract:

It's pretty simple: we're statisticians because we love statistics. And we believe that if we could get students to really listen to us, they might just end up falling in love with statistics, too. But why aren't they listening to our song? How can we get them to tune in, and then join us in our dance? Reviewing the literature, we pick out the sour notes of recruitment and highlight the motifs of recruiting strategies employed within statistics and among other disciplines. We tune strategies that have gotten off key, and provide an activity for churning out hit after recruiting hit.

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