Abstract

28 It’s a great time for statisticians. The International Year of Statistics was last year. This year, the firstever Women in Statistics Conference took place in North Carolina. Authors such as Nate Silver, Malcolm Gladwell, Steven Levitt, and Stephen Dubner have made quantitative analysis cool and accessible to a wide audience. Plus, everyone knows that statistician is the sexy job, according to Google economist Hal Varian. So, you brilliant, sexy, cool statisticians: I urge you to get involved in social media (or step up your game). Social media offers an efficient, powerful way to take part in the multitude of conversations already going on about statistics—and an opportunity to boost your career.

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