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102 ! Mon, 8/5/2013, 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM CC-515c
The Profession of Statistics and Its Impact on the Media — Invited Papers
Committee on Excellence in Statistical Reporting , Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee
Organizer(s): Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw Valley State University
Chair(s): Morteza Marzjarani, Saginaw Valley State University
8:35 AM Statistics and the Media — Andrew Gelman, Columbia University ; Mark Hansen, Columbia University
9:00 AM Media and Statistics: Of Excellence and Otherwise Donald Arthur Berry, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center
9:25 AM Two Ideas We Need to Teach the Media (and Everyone Else) Howard Wainer, National Board of Medical Examiners
9:50 AM The Concussion Crisis: Football's New Math Alan Schwarz, The New York Times
10:15 AM Floor Discussion



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