The American Statistician, Volume 71, Issue 1 (2017)

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SPECIAL SECTION ON MENTORING

Discussion
What is Mentoring?
Aarti Shah
Pages: 1-2
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Mentoring in the ASA: A Commentary
David Morganstein
Pages: 3-4
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Mentoring in the ASA: A Rejoinder
Mary Kwasny
Page: 5
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Article
Statistical Mentoring at Early Training and Career Stages
Christine M. Anderson-Cook, Michael S. Hamada, Leslie M. Moore & Joanne R. Wendelberger
Pages: 6-14
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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The Big Tent for Statistics: Mentoring Required
Eric A. Vance, Donna E. LaLonde & Lin Zhang
Pages: 15-22
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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An Eight-Step Guide to Creating and Sustaining a Mentoring Program
Eric A. Vance, Erin Tanenbaum, Amarjot Kaur, Mark C. Otto & Richard Morris
Pages: 23-29
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Building Bridges: The Role of an Undergraduate Mentor
Mark Daniel Ward
Pages: 30-33
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Re-Defining the Who, When, and Where of Mentoring for Professional Statisticians
Lauren Vollmer, Aparna Keshaviah, Dmitriy Poznyak, Sharon Zhao, Fei Xing & Nicholas Beyler
Pages: 34-37
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Developing a Career in the Practice of Statistics: The Mentor's Perspective
Kim Love, Eric A. Vance, Frank E. Harrell, Jr., Dallas E. Johnson, Michael H. Kutner, Ronald D. Snee & Doug Zahn
Pages: 38-46
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Mentoring Faculty Women in Statistics: Exploring Challenges and Opportunities for Leadership Development
Amanda L. Golbeck
Pages: 47-54
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Mentoring to Achieve Diversity in Graduate Programs
Jacqueline M. Hughes-Oliver
Pages: 55-60
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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TEACHER'S CORNER

Article
Experience Simpson's Paradox in the Classroom
Jiangtao Gou & Fengqing (Zoe) Zhang
Pages: 61-66
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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An Intuitive Geometric Approach to the Gauss Markov Theorem
Leandro da Silva Pereira, Lucas Monteiro Chaves & Devanil Jaques de Souza
Pages: 67-70
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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GENERAL

Article
Bridging the Gap: A Generalized Stochastic Process for Count Data
Li Zhu, Kimberly F. Sellers, Darcy Steeg Morris & Galit Shmueli
Pages: 71-80
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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STATISTICAL PRACTICE

Article
Point Estimates of Test Sensitivity and Specificity from Sample Means and Variances
Richard G. Spencer, Benjamin D. Cortese, Vanessa A. Lukas & Nancy Pleshko
Pages: 81-87
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Letter
Response to the ASA’s Statement on p-Values: Context, Process, and Purpose
Edward L. Ionides, Alexander Giessing, Yaacov Ritov & Scott E. Page
Pages: 88-89
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

Letter
Letter to the Editor: Average Entropy Does Not Measure Uncertainty
Susan E. Hodge
Pages: 89-90
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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Response to "Average Entropy Does Not Measure Uncertainty"
Omar A. Kittaneh
Page: 91
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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REVIEWS OF BOOKS AND TEACHING MATERIALS

Book Review
Reviews of Books and Teaching Materials
Reza Ramezan
Pages: 92-96
Published online: 20 Mar 2017
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