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Forbes article - BPA and Breast Cancer: When Academics Spin Statistics

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Dr. Stan Young, Assistant Director for Bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, was quoted in an article in Forbes magazine, "BPA and Breast Cancer: When Academics Spin Statistics." Read the article here.

Does diet soda actually make you gain weight?

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Stanley Young, assistant director of bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, was recently quoted in an article, "Does diet soda actually make you gain weight?" appearing in The Week talking about some of the problems that may arise using observational studies. Read the... more

NISS Elects New Board Members

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) named Mary Batcher, Ernst & Young, and Robert Rodriguez from SAS Institute to the Board of Trustees for three-year terms beginning July 1, 2013. Karen Kafadar, Indiana University and Fritz Scheuren, NORC at the University of Chicago, were... more

NISS Associate Director and Trustees Named AAAS Fellows

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December 13, 2012, Washington D.C - Nell Sedransk, Associate Director of the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), has been named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). Also elected were two members of the NISS Board of Trustees: Karen Kafadar,... more

William Q. Meeker Receives the 2012 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) has presented the 2012 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research to Dr. William Q. Meeker, Iowa State University. Susan Ellenberg, chair of the Board of Trustees, announced the award at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego,... more

Landwehr and Young Receive the 2012 NISS Distinguished Service Awards

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James Landwehr and Linda Young are this year's recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). The awards were presented by NISS director Alan Karr at the NISS/SAMSI reception at the 2012 Joint Statistical Meetings in San Diego, California... more

Yili Hong Awarded 2012 y-BIS Best Paper Award

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Yili Hong, Assistant Professor at the Department of Statistics, Virginia Tech, received this year’s Young Statisticians in Business and Industry (y-BIS) Award. The award recognizes the best paper, based on both content and delivery, presented by an early career researcher at the International... more

Wall Street Journal - "Analytical Trend Troubles Scientists"

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Analytical Trend Troubles Scientists - Wall Street Journal, May 3, 2012S. Stanley Young, Associate Director of Bioinformatics at NISS, was quoted in the Wall Street Journal article about observational studies. Researchers like to conduct observational studies because they are less expensive and... more

NISS Receives Five-Year Grant from NSF for Triangle Census Research Network

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) and Duke University received a grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) and the U.S. Census Bureau  for the Triangle Census Research Network (TCRN).  The award, one of eight nationwide under the NSF-Census Research Nodes... more

In article in Significance Magazine, Young and Karr Propose Ways to Improve How Observational Studies are Conducted

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S. Stanley Young, assistant director for bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), and Alan Karr, director at NISS, have published a non-technical article in the September issue of Significance magazine pointing out that medical and other observational studies often... more

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