International
Year of Statistics PRAISES CONTRIBUTIONS OF WOMEN STATISTICIANSON INTERNATIONAL
WOMEN’S DAY
Statistics 2013 participants laud women
statisticians
for advancing statistical sciences
Raver, Maharashtra, India , MARCH8, 2013—The Raver Taluka Science Teacher
Association, Raver and the more than 1,775 organizations in 121
countriesparticipating in the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013)
todayjoin women around the world in the celebration of International Women’s
Day.
Observed each year on March 8, International Women's Dayis a
global day celebrating the economic, political and social achievements of women
past, present and future. In places like China, Russia, Vietnam and Bulgaria,
International Women's Day is a national holiday. The event has been observed
since the early 1900s, which was a time of great expansion and turbulence in
the industrialized world that saw booming population growth and the rise of
radical ideologies.
Statistics2013 is a worldwide initiative that is
highlighting the contributions of the statistical sciences to finding solutions
to global challenges. Raver Taluka Science Teacher
Association, Raver is a Statistics2013 participating organization.
Like their counterparts in other
professional fields, women pioneers in the statistical sciences have made outstanding
and trailblazing contributions to their profession and have opened the field to
more women.
“We salute the world’s women this International
Women’s Day—a special day dedicated to them and their achievements past,
present and future,” says Mr. Sandeep
D. Patil “The statistical sciences profession and our
global society has greatly benefited from the groundbreaking contributions of
women statisticians including Florence Nightingale,
who used statistics to modernize health care; Dr. Janet Lane-Claypon,who made several important
contributions to epidemiology by using and improving its use of statistics; and Janet Norwood, who as the first woman commissioner
of the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics made major contributions to government
statistics.”
Today, the number of women among
mathematicians and statisticians equals the number of men, says a U.S.
Census Bureau American Community Survey report. Further, women
statisticians are influential in many countries—41 of the world’s 190
statistical offices were headed by women in 2010, says The
World’s Women 2010: Trends and Statistics, a report commissioned by the
United Nations. Lastly, women
have earned more than 40% of math and statistics bachelor’s degrees
throughout the past four decades.
In honor of women worldwide, today and through the
weekend on its website (www.statistics2013.org)Statistics 2013features the International Women’s Day logo as well as several
special articles and items that highlight the important contributions of women
statisticians, including:
·
Blog posts written by members of the American
Statistical Association’s Committee for Women in Statistics and the Caucus for Women
in Statistics
·
A self-authored “Statistician Job of the Week” articleby the Smithsonian Institution’s chief mathematical statistician, Dr. Lee-Ann Hayek
·
A “Statistic
of the Day” focused on the influence of women worldwide
·
A “Statisticians
in the News” article that profiles a prominent female statistician from
Oregon State University
·
Links to profiles of several influential female statisticians from the past
and present
The goals of
Statistics2013 are to increase public understanding of the power and impact of statistics on
all aspects of society and to nurture statistics as a profession among high-school
and college students. Participants include national and
international professional societies, universities, schools, businesses,
government agencies and research institutes. These groups are educating
millions of people about the contributions of the statistical sciences through
seminars, workshops and outreach to the media.
The founding organizations of Statistics2013are
the American Statistical Association, Institute of Mathematical Statistics, International Biometric Society, International Statistical Institute(and the Bernoulli Society), and Royal
Statistical Society.
About Raver Taluka Science Teacher Association, Raver
Raver Taluka Science Teacher Association is organisation of Raver Taluka science Teacher's For additional information, please visit www.ravertalukascienceteacher.blogspot.com or call 7875925170.
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For more information:
Mr. Sandeep Digambar Patil
Mobile No. : 7875925170
E-mail: sandy1981.1204@rediffmail.com
