IOWA Chapter
of the American Statistical Association

Newsletter   February/March  2010

Please mark Monday, March 22, 2010, on your calendars.  Plan to attend the upcoming chapter event, which includes a talk, dinner, and business meeting.    (To attend the dinner,  we ask that you make a reservation as soon as possible and before Monday, March 15, 2010.)  

Chapter Event at Iowa State University, Ames, IA

Date:   Monday, March 22, 2010

Schedule of Events:

Pre-Seminar Refreshments	3:30	Reading Room, Snedecor Hall  (northeast end of 2nd floor), ISU
Talk:	4:10	3105 Snedecor Hall (northeast end of the 3rd floor), ISU
Dinner:	6:00	Olde Main Brewing Company
Business Meeting:	7:00	Olde Main Brewing Company

Talk:

4:10pm, 3105 Snedecor Hall,  Iowa State University, Ames, IA  (campus maps)

Speaker:   Professor Stephen M. Stigler,  Department of Statistics, University of Chicago

Title:   "Darwin and Galton: The Origin of Modern Bayesian Inference"

Abstract: A surprising new discovery suggests that the emergence of a true Bayesian inference in the 20th century can be traced to Darwin's

1859 "Origin of Species".  The link is revealed, and the case will be made for an additional "First (?) Occurrence" for Herbert A. David's collection.

Dinner:  

6:00pm,   Olde Main Brewing Company, 316 Main Street, downtown Ames  (map).  

We will be ordering individually from the menu, and the cost will range from $10 (sandwiches) to $20 (steak) per person.  Because an approximate head count is necessary, we ask that you make a reservation by emailing

Joe Lang at  joseph-lang@uiowa.edu   by Monday, March 15, 2010.  Joe asks that you include the phrase "Dinner Reservation" in the subject line of your email reservation.  In your message, please include (1) your name and (2) the number having dinner.

Business Meeting

7:00pm,   Olde Main Brewing Company

Agenda: 

Election of officers.  Please email your nominations (self-nominations are encouraged) and any other agenda items to Rhonda DeCook before March 15, 2010.

Other items:  TBA.  

Travel Directions

 Iowa State University is located in Ames, Iowa. Interstate 35 runs north and south, just east of Ames, and U.S. Highway 30 runs east and west, just south off campus.   (mapquest map of Ames, IA)

Parking information:  TBA

Last updated:  Monday, February 22, 2010 02:27:11 PM -0600,  Joseph B. Lang