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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

Lawrence Cox, Alan Karr and Satkartar Kinney Publish paper in International Statistical Review

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Lawrence Cox, Alan Karr and Satkartar Kinney have just published a paper entitled "Risk-Utility Paradigms for Statistical Disclosure Limitation: How to Think, But Not How to Act" in the International Statistical Review, the flagship journal of the International Statistical... more

UNC BIOS Department Wins "Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics" Video Competition from ASA

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The Public Awareness Group of the American Statistical Association awarded University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill BIOS Department as one of the winners in the "Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics" video competition. The awards were presented at JSM in Miami.A link to the video... more

Emery N. Brown, MD, PhD Receives the 2011 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS) has presented the 2011 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research to Dr. Emery N. Brown of MIT and Harvard. Susan Ellenberg, chair of the Board of Trustees, announced the award at the 2011 Joint Statistical Meetings in Miami, Florida... more

Rosenberger and Utts Recipients of the 2011 NISS Distinguished Service Awards

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James Rosenberger and Jessica Utts are this year's recipients of the Distinguished Service Awards from the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS). The awards were presented at a NISS-sponsored reception at the Joint Statistical Meetings that were held recently in Miami, Florida. The... more

NISS Is Part of a Team that Constructs the Census Bureau’s Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database

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The United States Census Bureau announced in March that it is releasing its Synthetic Longitudinal Business Database Beta Data Product (SynLBD) for use by the general public. The was produced by the Census Bureau in collaboration with a team of collaborators that includes the National Institute of... more

NISS Elects Board of Trustees Members and New Officers

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The National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), a nonprofit organization that promotes cross-disciplinary and cross-sector statistical research, announced it has elected its new officers of its Board of Trustees and re-elected several members to the Board. The elections took place during its... more

Sweeping Study of Children's Health - Young Cautions Researchers to Look for False Signals

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The Chicago Tribune reported that a large scale study will be conducted following a couple of thousand Chicago-area children from womb to 21. The data will feed into the National Children's Study.Stan Young, assistant director of bioinformatics at NISS, notes that the large number of questions the... more

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