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Finding Your Voice in Data for Good
David Corliss uncovers how science is not enough. Data for Good needs directors just as much as data, advocates as well as algorithms, and socializing the work in addition to the science.
A Year in Review: JEDI Student and Young Professionals Committee
Lydia Gibson looks back at 2022 and discusses all the ASA JEDI Student and Young Professionals Committee accomplished.
Operator, Can You Help Me Place This Call?
This month, Dionne Price discusses her goal of showing off the amazing work being done by the ASA community and asks for your ideas and suggestions.
JEDI Corner: Suggestions for Combining Secondary Data Analysis and Community-Based Research
Traditional approaches to secondary data analysis do not involve the people most affected by the analysis, which can create distance between statisticians or data scientists and the communities behind it. By connecting secondary data analysis with community-based research, we can decrease this distance.
Measuring and Reducing Bias in Machine Learning, AI
Learning to avoid sources of bias and quantifying and minimizing its impact allow the realization of the promise of machine learning and artificial intelligence to benefit all, David Corliss says.
Embracing JEDI Is Embracing the Intellect of All
Dionne Price discusses the work the Anti-Racism Task Force is doing with the Nova Collective to move the ASA forward in its diversity, equity, and inclusion work.
JEDI Corner: From Visualization to ‘Sensification’
Data visualization and exploratory data analysis have been recognized in recent decades as important parts of statistics, but visualization excludes people with visual impairments, an increasingly important issue as the population gets older. How can statisticians and analysts provide some of the benefits of the dataviz revolution?
The 2023 Challenge List: Most Important Questions in Data for Good
David Corliss starts the year off with a challenge list that shines a light on exciting new opportunities and is meant to encourage the D4G community to tackle overlooked or under-resourced concerns.
Mission Impossible
“I believe in the mission of the ASA, which is promoting the practice and profession of statistics. Thus, 2023 will be a mission-driven year informed by ideas shared by our community,” says ASA President Dionne Price in her first President’s Corner.