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[1 Mar 2024 | No Comment | 132 views]

To strengthen the connection between the statistical community and National Science Foundation, we asked NSF program officer Samuel Scheiner about the Division of Environmental Biology. NSF also funded an initiative by Ali Rahnavard and Keith Crandall to study SARS-CoV-2’s evolution. Here, they discuss what their research will accomplish and offer advice about applying for NSF funding.

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[1 Mar 2024 | No Comment | 189 views]

As part of its science policy work, the ASA organized a congressional briefing in January to highlight the role of statistics and research in informing criminal justice policymaking. Moderated by Greg Ridgeway, the virtual event featured Nancy La Vigne, director of the National Institute of Justice, and Kevin Scott, acting director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics.

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[1 Mar 2024 | No Comment | 438 views]

In keeping with our tradition of interviewing leaders from the federal government, we spoke with a West Point professor, Col. Nicholas Clark, who specializes in teaching statistics to military personnel.

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[1 Sep 2021 | Comments Off on State of the Education Data Infrastructure: What Three Experts Have to Say About the National Center for Education Statistics | 3,974 views]

For the state of the data infrastructure series, the ASA Count on Stats team spoke with three experts on the National Center for Education Statistics: James L. Woodworth, Jack Buckley, and Felice J. Levine.

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[1 Apr 2021 | Comments Off on Applications Sought for ASA Science Policy Fellowship  | 412 views]

A one- to two-year position, the fellow will be based at the ASA headquarters in Alexandria, Virginia; however, they will spend much of their time in Washington, DC, advocating for statistics and experiencing first-hand how federal science policy is formed.

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[1 Dec 2020 | One Comment | 1,416 views]

Advocacy for the ASA means supporting the profession of statistics, encouraging the engagement of statisticians, providing the perspectives of the ASA as it relates to issues on which we have expertise, or urging a particular course as it relates to the ASA perspective.

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[1 Jan 2020 | Comments Off on Twelve Years of ASA Science Policy: Highlighting the Scope and Breadth | 1,754 views]
Twelve Years of ASA Science Policy: Highlighting the Scope and Breadth

The ASA’s science policy activity has covered a variety of topics since the creation of the ASA’s science policy staff position 12 years ago. The responsibilities of the position are to raise the profile of statistics and statisticians in policymaking and to advocate for the interests of statisticians.

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[1 Aug 2018 | Comments Off on Staff Spotlight: New Science Policy Fellow Daniel Elchert | 2,171 views]

Elchert will work to amplify the ASA’s science policy efforts to raise the profile of statisticians in policymaking and advocate on behalf of the statistics community.

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[1 Oct 2017 | One Comment | 6,999 views]
Bachelor’s, Master’s Statistics and Biostatistics Degree Growth Strong Through 2016

Bachelor’s and master’s degrees earned in statistics and biostatistics continue their strong growth, while doctoral degrees are up only a couple percent from 2015 to 2016.

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[1 Jul 2017 | Comments Off on FY17 Federal Budget Resolved; Trump’s FY18 Budget Request Released | 1,712 views]

Steve Pierson, ASA director of science policy, breaks down the government’s FY17 final budget and reviews the FY18 requested budgets for federal statistical agencies.