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This paper is from Session 4D: Statistics for future statisticians

which comes under Topic 4: Statistics education/training and the workplace             Full topic list

(Tuesday 4th, 10:30-12:30)

Educating future statisticians: awareness, diversity, service

Presenter

• Julie Legler (United States)

Abstract

The groundwork for broadening a future statistician’s choice of and potential contribution to a workplace can be laid at the postsecondary level. Many quantitatively inclined entering undergraduates are unaware of statistics as a career, but even those with some awareness of the profession are unaware of the wide variety of venues in which statisticians can contribute and the great need for statisticians in many different settings. Our approach to attracting students to the field of statistics involves three primary principles: (1) Create an awareness among students of statistics as a career option; (2) Expose students to the diversity of uses of statistics; (3) Engage students in efforts where they can make meaningful contributions; Three different programs that have met with initial success at the undergraduate level are described: (1) a Center for Interdisciplinary Research; (2) a Practicum; and (3) a Biostatistics Interim in Geneva.