On March 12, Japanese Inter-University Network for Statistical Education (JINSE) and Rikkyo University Center for Statistics and Information will hold a sports statistics public lecture, "Differences in Run Scoring between Teams and the Effects of Covariates". The lecturer will be Professor Jim Albert (Bowling Green State University).

JINSE has been, under MEXT’s Program for Promotion of Inter-University Education "Quality Assurance in Statistical Education for Development of Human Resources with Data-oriented Problem Solving Skills”, organized by eight universities: Rikkyo University, University of Tokyo, Osaka University, the Graduate University for Advanced Studies, Aoyama Gakuin University, Tama University, Waseda University and Doshisha University.

The first aim of JINSE is to develop Standard Curriculum and Teaching methodology for fostering human resources capable of coping with new issues, and eventually, to establish Quality Assurance system for statistical education by introducing Evaluation Committee consisting of members from academic statistical societies and other educational/economic organizations.