The ASA’s mission—Promoting the Practice and Profession of Statistics—has an important advocacy element in the ASA Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice. These guidelines “are intended to help statistical practitioners make decisions ethically.”
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Q&A with Rochelle Tractenberg
One of the world’s leading experts on the practice of ethics, statistician and Georgetown University professor Rochelle Tractenberg has written two books, Ethical Practice of Statistics and Data Science and Ethical Reasoning for a Data-Centered World. Here, she answers questions about the books and her motivation for writing them.
Practical Significance | Episode 22: What’s in the 2022 Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice?
In February 2022, the ASA Board of Directors approved revisions to the Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice, and this episode is a behind-the-scenes look at that process. Committee on Professional Ethics members Jing Cao and Stephanie Shipp join us to discuss their evolving understanding of the ethical practice and the two-year endeavor by the Committee […]
Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar Elected 2024 ASA President
Madhumita (Bonnie) Ghosh-Dastidar, a senior statistician at the nonprofit RAND Corporation and head of the RAND Statistics Group, was elected the 119th president of the American Statistical Association. She will be the first Asian-American female president and second Asian-American president.
The ASA Committee on Professional Ethics: Promoting Data for Good
This year, Stats4Good will feature a series of columns focusing on the many ways the functions, committees, events, and groups within the American Statistical Association support this important work. The first stop on our tour is the Committee on Professional Ethics.
Data for Good: The Year in Review
David Corliss looks back on 2021 and discusses both the challenges and opportunities the Data for Good community had.
Everyone Counts: Data for the Public Good
In her latest President’s Corner column, Wendy Martinez talks about data for good from the vantage point of being president of the ASA.
ASA Releases Statement on Government Data Experts
The American Statistical Association released a statement recently on the role of data experts in state and local governments during the COVID-19 pandemic.
#LeadWithStatistics: A Data Ethics Call to Action
#LeadWithStatistics was the challenge and opportunity delivered to us by Lisa LaVange during her JSM 2018 president’s address. In this column, Wendy Martinez shares some thoughts about data ethics and again challenges our community to lead.
Stylometry, Machine Learning Feature in Latest Issue of CHANCE
In the latest issue of CHANCE, David Holmes—a guest editor of the stylometry special issue—and Ferris Samara—a George Mason University OSCAR scholarship recipient—take a fresh look at the writings of Davy Crockett using the latest advances in stylometry.