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.”
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:
·
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.
About Raver Taluka Science Teacher Association, Raver
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For more information:
Mr. Sandeep Digambar Patil
Mobile No. : 7875925170