Creating and sharing social media content is an important way to support Data for Good activities and reach a wider audience. Davide Corliss shares best practices for creating and sharing videos on social platforms.
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ASA Initiatives 2020
In this month’s column, ASA President Wendy Martinez shares the 2020 ASA initiatives and invites you to get involved in working toward our strategic themes through these initiatives.
Social Media Resources for Data for Good Projects
In this, the first of a two-part series, David Corliss looks at how social media channels can play an important supporting role in Data for Good projects.
Twelve Years of ASA Science Policy: Highlighting the Scope and Breadth
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.
Data for Good: The Year in Review
Data for Good had a wonderful 2019, full of new resources, networking opportunities, and shared enthusiasm.
Take Advantage of the ASA’s Data Challenge Opportunities
ASA President Wendy Martinez focuses her first President’s Corner on the ASA’s many data challenges.
The Year in Review … And More to Come
In her final president’s column, Karen Kafadar talks about her accomplishments from the past year, challenges ahead, and—last but most important—her experiences with members like you.
Home for the Holidays: Data for Good Researchers Fight Homelessness
Homelessness is an area in which analytics is much needed but often in short supply. Shelters and other organizations providing direct services to individuals many times have good data but no one to analyze it. Though they are making great strides to help, they could do even more with statistical support.
Statistics at the Tipping Point: Data for Good in Environmental Advocacy
Environmental dangers are often described in terms of tipping points—a maximum greenhouse gas level, the total human population our planet can support, or the increase in temperature triggering a large rise in sea levels. As much as we hear about tipping points for environmental disasters, the concept itself is benign: a mathematical threshold in a small value that, when crossed, leads to a large change in something else. Examples of statistics at the tipping point are all around us, and all of us can participate in making a difference for good.
Making a Statistical Impact with Text Data
ASA President Karen Kafadar discusses how statistics can be used to find solutions for the challenge of text data.