Why did you become a statistician? What skills do you need to succeed? We asked some of our members these questions and here is how they responded.
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Open Data: More Questions Than Answers
Jonathan Auerbach discusses the challenges related to the open data movement.
Salary Survey of Business, Industry, and Government Statisticians
Here are the results of the survey of the association’s nonacademic members in the United States who are employed by business, industry, or government.
Toward a Vision: Official Statistics and Big Data
Cavan Capps and Tommy Wright of the U.S. Census Bureau share their thoughts about how Big Data can enhance official statistics.
Politics and Statistics Collide in Argentina
In 2007, when the government of Argentina fired the staff of the National Institute of Statistics and Census division responsible for compiling consumer price indices, few organizations and fewer news outlets took notice of the politically motivated move. Here, William Seltzer and Jay Kadane discuss how the ASA became involved and how you can get involved, too.
Statistics for Policymakers: Statistical Modeling to Address the Problem of Illegal Immigration
David Salsburg illustrates how statistical thinking can address the U.S. immigration stalemate.
Statistical Thinking in Policymaking
Amstat News is inviting articles for a new series called “Statistics for Policymakers” based on the broad interest in a January blog entry on the ASA Community called “Statistics for Future Presidents.”
Meet Economic Research Service Administrator Mary Bohman
Amstat News invited Mary Bohman of the Economic Research Service to respond to a few questions so readers can learn more about her and the agency she leads.
Meet EPA Chief Statistician Barry D. Nussbaum
Amstat News invited Barry D. Nussbaum, chief statistician at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, to respond to a few questions so readers could learn more about him and the agency he leads.
Salary Survey of Business, Industry, and Government Statisticians
This year, the Biostatistics Consulting and Survey Center in the department of biostatistics at the Georgia Health Sciences University was contracted by the American Statistical Association to design and implement a survey of the association’s nonacademic members in the United States employed by business, industry, or government.