Here M. G. E. Peterson, and Steve Pierson, ASA Director of Science Policy reply to Professor Devore’s letter about data sharing that appeared in the January 2010 issue of Amstat News.
A Statistician's View
Letter to the Editor
David J. Finney asks about the article in the January Amstat News that states that Karl Pearson used Weldon’s data when developing the chi-square statistic.
Letter to the Editor
A letter to the editor from Jay Devore, a professor in the department of statistics at Cal Poly State University, San Luis Obispo
The Role of Statistics in Reforming U.S. Foreign Assistance Policy
As President Barack Obama finishes his first year in office, the state of the economy, climate change, health care reform, and the continuing war in Afghanistan all vie for center stage in U.S. politics, and statistics has something to contribute to each of those issues. However, there is an issue that is not as prominent, but just as important, that deserves the attention of the statistical community: the need for reformation of U.S. policy and protocol concerning foreign assistance.
AP Statistics: Passion, Paradox, and Pressure
Letter to the Editor
In reaction to Xiao-Li Meng’s article, “Statistics: Your Chance for Happiness (or Misery)”