This month, David Corliss discusses the importance of building relationships with local subject experts and data stewards as the first step in developing community-based projects.
Columns
Getting Started in Government, Agency, and Legislative Advocacy
Since 2024 is an election year, US state legislatures are focusing on goals the public will notice. Statistics and data will play a vital role in identifying those goals, delivering beneficial results, and measuring impact, so columnist David Corliss provides tips for getting started in advocacy.
Statistics: A Core Competency for Collaborative Science
The ASA recently added the open access journal Data Science in Science to its portfolio of publications to showcase statistical science as a core competency for interdisciplinary collaborations. Here, ASA President Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar shares excerpts of an interview with the journal’s founding editor, David Matteson, and former ASA President Kathy Ensor.
Critical Race Theory and Statistical Analysis: What You Need to Know
To explain and motivate the importance of critical race theory to statisticians, the JEDI Outreach Group sponsored the 2023 Joint Statistical Meetings session titled Critical Race Theory for Statisticians: Incorporating CRT into Statistical Analysis. Here, Emily Griffith summarizes the highlights.
JEDI, CAUSE Team to Offer Resources for JEDI-Informed Teaching
Recently, a group involved in both JEDI and CAUSE came together to create a space to host resources for JEDI-informed statistics teaching: the JEDI-CAUSE website. Each entry is relevant to statistics and data science education and has a JEDI theme.
A Q&A with NSF Program Officers and Awardee
For the program officer Q&A this month, we have questions and responses from both Cheryl Eavey of the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate and Yulia Gel of the Division of Mathematical Sciences in the NSF Directorate for Physical and Mathematical Sciences. The awardee responses are from Dan Kowal of Rice University, who won an award from the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences Directorate.
Aligning Goals for Success
Warmest wishes to everyone in our ASA community and hopes for a peaceful, healthy, and productive 2024! I am both honored and humbled to be your ASA president in 2024. One of my first tasks—and a great pleasure—was to select a theme for the 2024 Joint Statistical Meetings, known to many as simply JSM. The […]
The 2024 Challenge List: This Year’s Most Important Questions in Data for Good
This annual call to action highlights a challenge in five areas: biostatistics; environmental advocacy; human rights; data; and organization and infrastructure. Learn how you can tackle one or more.
Data for Good: The Year in Review and 2023 Challenge Winners
David Corliss recognizes outstanding accomplishments this year.
This Is Our Time: Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics
In her final column as ASA president, Dionne Price shares reflections on her time in office and discusses what it was like to serve her community when statistics and data science are needed more than ever to solve complex issues.