The ASA’s science policy activity has covered a variety of topics since the creation of the ASA’s science policy staff position 12 years ago. The responsibilities of the position are to raise the profile of statistics and statisticians in policymaking and to advocate for the interests of statisticians.
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Data for Good Highlights at JSM 2019
David Corliss highlights a few special sessions at JSM this year that offer opportunities to make an impact with statistical science.
Megan Price: Life-Long ‘Math Nerd’ Finds Career in Social Justice
David Corliss interviews Megan Price, the executive director of the Human Rights Data Analysis Group.
Kristian Lum
For as long as she can remember, Lum has enjoyed math and logic puzzles. Her interest in math took off in high school when she took calculus from an excellent professor at the local community college. She has concentrated on applying statistics to important problems in human rights ever since and is the lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, where she examines the use of machine learning in the criminal justice system.
People News for May
News and information about members of the ASA highlighted in the May 2017 issue.
Argentine Statistics Making Turnaround
Graciela Bevacqua was recently announced as the technical director for the Argentine National Institute of Statistics and Census (INDEC), the agency from which she was fired in 2007 under the previous government for defending the integrity of INDEC inflation data.
ASA Adopts Statement Urging U.S. Ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
The ASA Board of Directors recently approved a statement urging the U.S. Senate to ratify a United Nations convention clarifying the rights of persons with disabilities.
Statistics and Human Rights
On September 13, 2011, 13 ASA members attended a focus group on the United Nation’s Article 15 project organized by the Science and Human Rights Coalition of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS SHRC). Read on to learn about their progress since then.
Fritz Scheuren
Fritz Scheuren, past ASA president, is committed to improving the lives of others. The evidence of this can be seen through his human rights projects, volunteer work, and leadership activities.
StatAid Offers Statistics for Human Rights
Michael Kisielewski discusses the nonprofit humanitarian organization StatAid, why it was created, and how it supports the advancement of human rights.