The Human Rights Data Analysis Group (HRDAG) uses data science to answer questions about human rights on a large scale, from determining chain of command and accountability in international cases of genocide to evaluating whether artificial intelligence–based tools used by the US criminal justice system are fair.
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Statistics and Public Policy: A New ASA Journal
The ASA will soon launch a new journal—Statistics and Public Policy (SPP).
Statistics and Statisticians: Essential to Evidence-Based Decisionmaking
The Obama Administration is committed to policy decisions driven by evidence, as emphasized by Peter Orszag, director of the Office of Management and Budget. The time is now to promote the use of statistics and the role of statisticians in making good decisions based on objective evidence.