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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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.