Editing Jessica Utts (section)

== Statistics education ==
In 2003, Utts published an article in ''[[The American Statistician|American Statistician]]'', a journal published by the [[American Statistical Association]], calling for significant changes to collegiate level [[statistics]] education.<ref>[http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMAT6680Fa11/Shaughnessy/LS.STAT6070/Portfolio%20Reflections/Reflection%203.What%20Educated%20Citizens%20Should%20Know%20About%20Statistics%20and%20Probability.pdf What educated citizens should know about statistics and probability] by Jessica Utts. The American Statistician, 57(2), 74–79, 2003.</ref> In the article she argued that [[curricula]] do a fine job of covering the [[Mathematics|mathematical]] side of statistics, but do a poor job of teaching students the skills necessary to properly interpret statistical results in scientific studies.  The argument continues that common errors found in [[Article (publishing)|news article]]s, such as the common misinterpretation that [[correlative]] studies show [[Causality|causation]], would be reduced if there were significant changes made to standard statistics courses.

In 2016, Utts served as the 111th president of the [[American Statistical Association]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Jessica Utts Elected 111th ASA President |date=July 2014 |url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2014/07/01/asaelection2014/ |publisher=American Statistical Association |accessdate=5 July 2020}}</ref>
She is a [[Fellow of the American Statistical Association]], and also a Fellow of the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]].<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.imstat.org/awards/honored_fellows.htm|title=Honored Fellows|publisher=Institute of Mathematical Statistics|accessdate=2017-11-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302125855/http://www.imstat.org/awards/honored_fellows.htm|archive-date=2014-03-02|url-status=dead}}</ref>