Georgia Mariani has spent nearly a quarter-century exploring and sharing how analytics can improve outcomes. As a Principal Industry Marketing Manager at analytics leader SAS, supporting the education industry, she passionately showcases customers using analytics to tackle important education issues and help students succeed. Georgia received her M.S. in Mathematics with a concentration in Statistics from the University of New Orleans.
In my last post in the Ask the Statistician series, we heard statisticians at the Analytics 2013 conference discuss what types of statistical techniques they use to solve their business problems. Given that these concepts are technical in nature, I wanted to better understand some of their best practices for sharing
At the Analytics 2013 conference attendees tend to be more technical than those at a standard business confernece. Knowing this, I set out to get a better understanding of what statistical techniques they use to do their analyses. Of course that depends on the business question they are trying to
Last year, during the International Year of Statistics, I created a blog series called Ask the Statistician. Since we love celebrating statistics every day at SAS, we decided to continue the series through interviews at the Analytics 2013 conference. For this project, I ask statisticians from various industries about their use of statistics. Their answers
So far in our "Ask the statistician" blog and video series, we have heard responses from statisticians to the following questions: Why is it important to celebrate the International Year of Statistics? How did you became interested in statistics? Why should students study statistics? How do you use statistics? What
Out of all the questions that we asked in our "Ask the statistician" blog and video series at the recent SAS Global Forum, I was most intrigued to hear the responses to this next question: What are the next big trends in statistics? Watch the latest video in the series
Whether we realize it or not, statistics affect our everyday lives. Some examples to ponder: The weather forecasts we watch, the medicines we take, the medical care we receive, the marketing we see, the safety of our cars and the consumer goods we buy. So, as a continuation of our
If you have been paying attention to the media, you might have heard that statistics is the hottest new field and career choice. According to a recent Wall Street Journal blog post, schools are seeing an influx of students interested in the field. Some students are getting an even earlier
Lately, I've been reading about famous statisticians in history. It's interesting to read about their lives, their contributions to the world and how they became interested in statistics. Reading these stories from history also made me curious about current statisticians and how they became interested in statistics. What was that
Since it is the International Year of Statistics, we decided to ask statisticians at the recent SAS Global Forum their thoughts on several questions about the field of statistics. Their answers are featured in a series of videos that showcase the statistician’s responses to these questions. This video features the
Get ready statistics lovers. As part of my new role, I’ve been researching and discovering all the resources that SAS has for statistics – and I’m eager to share what I’ve found. Here are just a few things I discovered that you might find helpful. A new paper on the
