News update (partial) about MSMESB-related activities

[Bill Parr]

Keith Ord sent me (for distribution) the following information about
an MSMESB-related session at the Joint Statistical Meetings in
Washington, DC.

If you know of other events of probable interest to MSMESB folk,
please advise via return email to this list.

Bill Parr

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ASA Schedule:
161
(204353) Statistics in Business Schools: The Future?
(Abstract below)
8/03/09 10:30 AM - 12:20 PM
176
(204655) Business and Economic Statistics Section Roundtable with
Lunch (fee event: John McKenzie) 8/03/09 12:30 PM - 1:50 PM
Statistics in Business Schools: The Future?
Interest Group on Statistics in Business Schools
Organizers: John McKenzie, Babson College, and Keith Ord, Georgetown
University
Research in Business Schools relies increasingly upon statistical
methods and over twenty percent of all undergraduate students who take
an introductory statistics course are business majors. At the same
time, the numbers of elective courses in statistics and the number of
business school faculty who are professional statisticians have
declined. The panel discussion will review historical developments,
including the work of the group “Making Statistics More Effective in
Schools and Business [MSMESB]” and will also present the results of a
recent survey on the content of introductory business statistics
courses. The panel will introduce the discussion with a view to
encouraging extensive discussion from the floor. A short time will be
reserved at the end of the session to choose coordinators for the new
Interest Group for Statistics in Business Schools.
Keywords: Statistical education, faculty, business schools
Panelists:
Mark Berenson, Montclair State University
John McKenzie, Babson College
Keith Ord, Georgetown University