One of the ASA’s most important functions—and one that has a particularly strong impact on promoting data for good—is science policy and advocacy. In his latest column, Corliss talks about the advocacy work the ASA science policy group practices and how they support the statistics profession.
Columns
Stats4Good: ASA Partnerships Promote Data for Good
The ASA collaborates with a variety of scientific organizations to promote shared work, create scientific and educational resources, establish funding for scientific research, and advocate for data-driven policy.
JEDI Corner: Promoting Diversity in Data Repository Research
The National Institutes of Health is investing resources in constructing secure data repositories in which researchers and community members are able to use publicly available data. One such program is the NIH’s All of Us Research Program, which has expanded its Researcher Workbench to include data contributed by more than 329,000 participants, about 80 percent of whom are from communities that have been historically underrepresented in biomedical research.
JSM 2022 – Statistics: A Foundation for Innovation
ASA President Kathy Ensor asks for help with her JSM address and introduces the JSM President’s Invited Speaker, Reginald DesRoches.
Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science
ASA promised to be the “Big Tent for Statistics and Data Science,” and ASA President Kathy Ensor shares the work the association is doing to fulfill this promise and extend its leadership by highlighting three important initiatives.
Earth Day Activities to Make an Impact Using Data for Good
With Earth Day on April 22, Stats4Good takes a look at ways the ASA and its members are protecting the world around us through the use of statistics.
Infusing DEI Learning Into an Elementary Statistics Class
When Jana Asher added diversity, equity, and inclusion material to an elementary statistics class, she found her students were engaged in a way she never imagined.
ASA Support for Women in Statistics: A Critical Data for Good Mission
This month, David Corliss shows the many ways the ASA fosters Data for Good activities with support for women in statistics and data science.
Increasing JEDI in Clinical Trials
During the ASA Biopharmaceutical Section Regulatory-Industry Statistics Workshop this past September, Godwin Yung and Dooti Roy held a roundtable discussion on increasing Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI) in clinical trials. Here, they share three takeaways from the conversation.
Prizes Recognize and Celebrate Our Innovators
ASA President Katherine Ensor talks to Guy Nason and Peter Rousseeuw about the International Prize and the new Rousseeuw Prize in Statistics.