Celebrating Statisticians

In celebration of the International Year of Statistics, here are articles about some celebrated Statisticians

http://blogs.sas.com/content/jmp/tag/celebrating-statisticians/

Richard Price, Bayes’ theorem, and God

Bayes’ theorem is 250 years old this year. But did the Rev. Thomas Bayes actually devise it? Martyn Hooper presents the case for the extraordinary Richard Price, friend of US presidents, mentor, pamphleteer, economist, and above all preacher. And did Price develop Bayes’ theorem in order to prove the existence of God?

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00638.x/pdf

Why Statistics?

Ever met with people who ask what do Statisticians exactly do?
Here is a video of a talk given by Dr. Anil Gore at IUCAA @InnoVidya. Don't miss to enjoy..

http://innovidya.kpoint.com/kapsule/gcc-487cbc02-d5a2-472c-a029-2e2ef8012ebd/t/why-statistics

Statistics, your friend in daily life

..whether you like it or not. As we are 88% through the Celebratory year, here is a report on Statisticians partying:

http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303559504579197942777726778

International Statistics Quiz for School-Aged Learners

Developed by the Royal Statistical Society's Centre for Statistical Education, Stats2013AtSchool is a world statistics quiz for learners across the world. Check it out!

http://www.stats2013atschool.org.uk/

Tweet: "If the normal curve was not discovered..

The Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences at the University of Toronto is sponsoring a Twitter contest called “The Normal Curve”. In this unique contest, the Institute poses this question to the world: “What would the world be like if the normal curve was not discovered?” Hurry up and tweet before 15th October, 2013. Details can be found at:

http://www.fields.utoronto.ca/programs/mathed/13-14/TwitterCompetition/index.html

Give it your best shot

Get your camera and your photographic eye ready for the newly announced International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013) photo contest! This new competition, called the Statistics2013 Photo Contest, is for secondary-school students (grades/years 7-12) around the world. Hurry up and click before 1st December. Details can be found at:

http://www.statistics2013.org/give-it-your-best-shot/

Medical Research is Better Because of Statistics

Without Statistics, lab mice would have nothing to do..
http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/09/10/medical-research-is-better-because-of-statistics/

Internet Searches are Faster Thanks to Statistics

As the size of the Web grows exponentially, one needs to develop faster algorithms which can produce results in a split-second. This can be done only with the help of statistics. Without statistics we would have to search the Internet one site at a time...

http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/07/22/455/

Alumni Meet at Univ. of Pune

The Department of Statistics, University of Pune is celebrating its Diamond Jubilee Year & International Year of Statistics by organizing an International Conference http://bit.ly/1dp1KJO

On this occasion, a meeting of the alumni will be held on December 15, 2013. For details please visit:

http://bit.ly/180bbtn

World Population Day

In recognition of World Population Day 2013, Wiley and the nearly 2,100 other organizations in 124 countries participating in the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013) are spotlighting the contributions of statisticians to quantify the world’s constantly growing population.

http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/news/5008121/Statistics2013-participants-join-celebration-of-World-Population-Day.html

Can you correct a 300-year-old error?

A challenge: can you correct something that Jacob Bernoulli got wrong? It stayed wrong for nearly 300 years until our author, Professor Antony Edwards, spotted it and corrected it.  It is a simple exercise in schoolboy probability. It is Problem XVII in Part III of Bernoulli’s book. For those who would like to try their hand, here is the problem:

http://www.significancemagazine.org/details/webexclusive/4899951/Bernoulli-and-the-Foundations-of-Statistics_-Can-you-correct-a-300-year-old-erro.html

Here are some interesting articles about Ars Conjectandi:

http://www.statisticsviews.com/details/feature/4911181/Three-Hundred-Years-of-Making-Conjectures.html
http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1740-9713.2013.00666.x/pdf

Statistics2013 Video Contest Results

Best Overall Video http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/05/01/the-pinnacle-the-best-the-top-video-is/

1st Place Winners http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/04/29/exceptional-videos-awarded-first-place-honors/

2nd Place Winners http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/04/22/second-place-winners-announced/

3rd Place Winners http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/04/15/congrats-to-the-3rd-place-winners/

Honorable Mention Winners http://www.statistics2013.org/2013/04/10/video-contest-winners-unveiled/

Ballad for Statistics

To celebrate International Year of Statistics Prof. A. P. Gore (Former Head, Department of Statistics, University of Pune) has composed a Ballad for Statistics in English, as well as in Marathi.

Here are the lyrics for the same:

English - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37320965/Statistics_Ballad_APG.pdf

Marathi - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37320965/Sankhya_Geet_APG.pdf

To make it more appealing to the common public, an audio with a catchy tune has also been created. Enjoy the songs:

English - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37320965/Statistics_Ballad_APG.mp3

Marathi - http://dl.dropbox.com/u/37320965/Sankhya_Geet_APG.mp3

To download, right click and select save link as.


Details of the Audio:
Music Composer - Ashish Kulkarni.
Singers (English) - Parashar Joshi, Pooja Tatvavadi & Megha Palkar
Singers (Marathi) - Kalyani Dasakkar, Ishwari Dasakkar & Ashwini Bhargave

ASA Statistical Significance Series

The American Statistical Association’s (ASA) “Statistical Significance” series highlights the important contributions that statisticians make to society - from health care and the economy to national security and the environment:

http://www.statistics2013.org/asa-statistical-significance/

Centennial of Markov Chains

Today is the 100th anniversary of Andrey Markov's presentation of what are now known as "Markov chains".

Actually on January 23, 1913 of the Julian calendar, Andrey A. Markov presented for the Royal Academy of Sciences in St. Petersburg his analysis of Pushkin’s Eugene Onegin. At the time, the Russian Empire was using the Julian calendar. The 100th anniversary of the celebrated presentation is actually February 5, 2013, in the now used Gregorian calendar.

To celebrate, Wolfram guys did a case study of Alice in Wonderland. Take a look:

http://blog.wolfram.com/2013/02/04/centennial-of-markov-chains/

90 Days Free Access to ASA Journals

Celebrate the International Year of Statistics with Taylor & Francis and journals of the American Statistical Association! Featured articles from each new issue of the journals are set free for 90 days. Visit the ASA portal page:

http://amstat.tandfonline.com/

Free - Classic Journal Content

To celebrate the International Year of Statistics Wiley online Library has created 4 special Virtual Issues containing classic articles from across the years and across the Wiley-Blackwell statistics journals portfolio. This classic content is FREE throughout 2013:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000113/homepage/statistics_virtual_issues_landing_page.htm

3 Month Free Trial to Statistics Journals

To celebrate the International Year of Statistics Wiley Online Library is giving the opportunity to browse all content published between January and June 2011, in over 20 Wiley Statistics Journals. You are free to take up this Trial at any point during 2013:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000113/homepage/celebrate_the_international_year_of_statistics.htm

Free Online Access on account of IYS

To celebrate the International year of Statistics Wiley Online Library is offering the chance to access 100 classic online book chapters for FREE throughout 2013:

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/subject/code/000113/homepage/international_year_of_statistics_100_chapter_online_book_trial.htm?dmmsmid=67782&dmmspid=18712653&dmmsuid=1799203#register