Statistics, Probability Make a Difference in Latest Issue

摘要

Volume 21(2) of CHANCE, www. amstat.org/publications/chance, should be in print by the time you read this in Amstat News. The issue contains articles from five areas in which statistics and probability make a difference: statistical consulting, elections, health, metabolomics, and graphics. In the area of statistical consulting, H. Dean Johnson, Sarah Boslaugh, Murray Clayton, Christopher Holloman, and Linda Young discuss compensation for statistical consulting in their university settings. Tom Louis provides recommendations for improving the status, experience, and compensation for statistical consultants. Janice Derr illustrates to students the benefits of being involved in effective consulting experiences. The second area is elections. Arlene Ash and John Lamperti present statistical arguments concerning the disputed 2006 Florida Congressional District 13 election. Could statistical arguments be used to overturn an election? Joseph Hall and Walter Mebane comment on this article and provide their perspectives on statistical and other issues pertaining to U.S. elections.