Members of the ASA Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee keep track of and are responsive to current events relating to the collection, analysis, and use of statistics. They help decide whether the ASA should comment on, or even support, for example, rule changes or legislation, generally in the federal government.
Committee Spotlight
Committee Spotlight: Committee on Career Development
The ASA Committee on Career Development’s mission is to provide support and information about career decisions to statisticians. Here, Elizabeth Mannshardt tells us how the committee works to accomplish that mission.
Statistics and Disability (CSD)
Amstat News is spotlighting ASA committees and their activities. This month, we feature the Committee on Statistics and Disability. Anja Zgodic, committee chair, answers our questions about the committee’s goals and renewed charge.
Committee Spotlight: Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment
Amstat News is spotlighting ASA committees and their activities. This month, we feature the Committee on Membership Retention and Recruitment and ask Chair Theresa Utlaut and member Erin Wiley a few questions about the committee’s purpose and goals.
International Relations Committee Focuses on Outreach, Education
The ASA Committee on International Relations in Statistics was formed to identify goals, develop policies, and plan projects that foster activities involving international communications, exchange, and joint development with professional statisticians, societies, and other organizations in countries throughout the world. Here, Carolina Franco, chair of the committee, gives details about the committee’s initiatives.
Committee Spotlight: Committee on Women in Statistics
Amstat News is spotlighting ASA committees and their activities. This month, we feature the Committee on Women in Statistics and ask Chair Lucy D’Agostino McGowan and Vice Chair Eunice J. Kim a few questions about the committee’s purpose and goals.
Committee Spotlight: ASA Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG)
Amstat News is spotlighting ASA committees and their activities. To start the series, we asked the ASA Statistical Partnerships Among Academe, Industry, and Government (SPAIG) Committee Chair Fanni Natanegara and SPAIG Vice Chair Ying Ding to answer a few questions about SPAIG’s purpose and goals.