Practical Significance | Episode 68: Pop Quiz: What Should Every Student Know About Data and Computing?
Data and computing shape nearly every aspect of modern life, yet K–12 education has struggled to keep pace. In this episode of Practical Sig...
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13 episodesPractical Significance | Episode 67: Behind the Numbers—Insights from the ASA Work and Salary Survey
What 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 Pract...
Practical Significance | Episode 66: Inside the New ASA Clinical Trials Certificate Program
What does it take to prepare statisticians for the realities of modern clinical trials? This month, “Practical Significance” coh...
Practical Significance | Episode 65: Behind the Button—Why JSM Docents Make the Difference
In this episode of Practical Significance, hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein are joined by longtime JSM docents Jessica Kohl...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 64: Playing for Real: Serious Gaming for Preparedness and Decision-Making
It’s Mathematics and Statistics Awareness Month, and Practical Significance is celebrating with a special guest—Francesca de Rosa, founder o...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 63: Real World Data Science: Who’s Writing the Story
In this episode of Practical Significance, cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome Real World Data Science managing editor, Annie...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 62: Volume One: A Conversation with the Editors of ASA Discoveries
What 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 t...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 61: Communities in Action—A Conversation with 2026 ASA President Jeri Mulrow
A call to action kicks off the New Year and season six of “Practical Significance.” Cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein we...
‘Practical Significance’ | Episode 60: The Hand-Off: Wisdom, Memories, and Hope for What’s Coming
During this traditional year-end edition of Practical Significance, co-hosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein sit down with four outgoing A...
Practical Significance | Episode 59: The Data We Need: The State of Federal Statistics
Two distinguished leaders in federal statistics—Nancy Potok, former chief statistician of the United States and CEO of NAPx Consulting, and...
Practical Significance | Episode 58: Celebrating Grace Wahba—Scholar, Mentor, Pioneer—with Ming Yuan and Yoonkyung Lee
Grace Wahba was awarded the 2025 International Prize in Statistics in recognition of her groundbreaking work on smoothing splines, which has...
Practical Significance | Episode 57: Strategic Alliances for Success: Inside the ASA’s Partner Program
Building partnerships is at the heart of this month’s Practical Significance podcast, as cohosts Donna LaLonde and Ron Wasserstein welcome A...
Practical Significance | Episode 56: Amplifying Global Impact Through the ASA’s Educational Ambassador Program
What happens when you combine statistical expertise, cross-cultural collaboration, and a mission to build statistical capacity international...