{"55018":{"#nid":"55018","#data":{"type":"event","title":"Statistics in Service to the Nation","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ETITLE:\u0026nbsp;\u0026nbsp; \u003C\/strong\u003EStatistics in Service to the Nation\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003ESPEAKER:\u003C\/strong\u003E Professor Stephen Fienberg\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cstrong\u003EABSTRACT:\u003C\/strong\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003EAll too often academic statisticians think of their role as the\nproduction of new theory and methods.\u0026nbsp; But at least as important is the\nrole we can fulfill in support national\u0026nbsp; activities and projects\nrequiring statistical insights and rigor. Many (but far from all) of\nthese are based at the National Research Council and its committees and\npanels.\u0026nbsp; I will illustrate the value and creativity of statistical\nthinking in a diverse set of projects that span the past half\ncentury---from the \u0022National Halothane Study\u0022 through \u0022The Polygraph and\nLie Detection.\u0022\u0026nbsp; A crucial feature of several of these activities has\nbeen the impetus for development of new research.\u0026nbsp; I will also emphasize\nthe role I believe statisticians\u0026nbsp; should be playing in such activities\nin the future.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003E\u003Cbr \/\u003EStatistics in Service to the Nation\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Statistics in Service to the Nation"}],"uid":"27187","created_gmt":"2010-03-19 08:10:23","changed_gmt":"2016-10-08 01:51:05","author":"Anita Race","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2010-04-02T12:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2010-04-02T13:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2010-04-02T13:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2010-04-02 16:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2010-04-02 17:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2010-04-02 17:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1242","name":"School of Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISYE)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}