The 175th anniversary of the ASA provides an opportunity to look back intothe past and peer into the future. What led our forebears to found theassociation? What commonalities do we still see? What insights might we gleanfrom their experiences and observations? I will use the anniversary as a chanceto reflect on where we are now and where we are headed in terms of statisticaleducation amidst the growth of data science. Statistics is the science oflearning from data. By fostering more multivariable thinking, buildingdata-related skills, and developing simulation-based problem solving, we canhelp to ensure that statisticians are fully engaged in data science and theanalysis of the abundance of data now available to us.
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