Practical Significance
by Amstat News
Latest episode
Practical Significance | Episode 71: Under the Hood—Statistics, Data…
Practical Significance | Episode 71: Under the Hood—Statistics, Data…
About this podcast
A podcast to inspire listeners with compelling stories from statistics and data science and to propel data-driven careers forward with learning opportunities for all
Episodes
- Practical Significance | Episode 71: Under the Hood—Statistics, Data Science, and AI at SDSS 2027 · 35 minAs technology advances, one thing remains clear: The knowledge, critical thinking, and experience of statisticians and data scientists are essential to making these advances…
- Practical Significance | Episode 70: Getting the Word Out (and Getting You In) · 18 minASA communications are about people. They spotlight our stories, connect our community, and make the profession accessible to a broad audience. In this episode of Practical…
- Practical Significance | Episode 69: Communicating Science in an Age of Uncertainty · 33 minIn this episode of Practical Significance, co-hosts Ron Wasserstein and Donna LaLonde talk with Meaghan Parker of the Council for the Advancement of Science Writing about the…
- Practical Significance | Episode 68: Pop Quiz: What Should Every Student Know About Data and Computing? · 32 minData and computing shape nearly every aspect of modern life, yet K–12 education has struggled to keep pace. In this episode of Practical Significance, Donna LaLonde and Ron…
- Practical Significance | Episode 67: Behind the Numbers—Insights from the ASA Work and Salary Survey · 29 minWhat can a salary survey tell us about the current state of the statistics profession? Quite a lot as it turns out. In this episode of Practical Significance, cohosts Donna…
- Practical Significance | Episode 66: Inside the New ASA Clinical Trials Certificate Program · 39 minWhat does it take to prepare statisticians for the realities of modern clinical trials? This month, “Practical Significance” cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein are joined…
- Practical Significance | Episode 65: Behind the Button—Why JSM Docents Make the Difference · 33 minIn this episode of Practical Significance, hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein are joined by longtime JSM docents Jessica Kohlschmidt (The Ohio State University) and Justin…
- ‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 64: Playing for Real: Serious Gaming for Preparedness and Decision-Making · 40 minIt’s Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, and Practical Significance is celebrating with a special guest—Francesca de Rosa, founder of FDR Strategies, to explore the…
- ‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 63: Real World Data Science: Who’s Writing the Story · 42 minIn this episode of Practical Significance, cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome Real World Data Science managing editor, Annie Flynn (Royal Statistical Society), and…
- ‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 62: Volume One: A Conversation with the Editors of ASA Discoveries · 34 minWhat does a journal look like when you design it for the research world we’re living in, along with the one we’re building? In the latest episode of Practical Significance…







