In celebration of Earth Day on April 22, this month’s Stats4Good column focuses on environmental analytics, highlights some of the many ways people are making an impact, and provides information about opportunities to get involved.
Columns
New Federal Data Policies and the Impact of Data for Good
With the transition to a new administration in Washington, this is a good time to review how new policies and practices are expected to affect our work in Data for Good.
Stretching Your Creativity—Yoga for the Mind; Yoda for the Heart
“… Creative ideas can emerge anywhere and at any time if we can only keep ourselves receptive to them.”
Data for Good Can Drive COVID Vaccine Confidence
David Corliss says statisticians can help address the distrust of vaccines, a large challenge of this phase of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A Story of Resilience in Troubling Times
Everyone has a personal reservoir of resilience and current times require using those reservoirs to navigate the day-to-day challenges and help others whose wells have run low.
Data for Good: The Year in Review
The year 2020 was a year of great changes and challenges. The Data for Good community was at the center of many storms in the past year, rising to the challenge to support communities, guide an economy through a sea of troubles, preserve the environment, fight for justice, and—perhaps as no year before—save lives.
2021: A Year of Hope and Helping
ASA President Rob Santos thinks now, more than ever, we as statisticians and human beings need to support each other. He encourages you to join him in devoting the year 2021 to building community.
To Get a PhD or Not to Get a PhD? Part 4
The ASA Committee on Applied Statisticians gives you the experiences of four statisticians who took different paths after their master’s degrees. This month, Erin Twomey-Wilson explains why she found a master’s degree to be the best fit for her.
Advocating for the Profession: The ASA Wants Your Recommendations
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.
Stats4Good: A Look at How Statistical Science Is Making an Impact on Poverty
While poverty is defined nationally, it is experienced locally. A community-based approach means many Data for Good researchers are needed.