A special feature of the Joint Statistical Meetings is the ASA President’s Address and Awards, during which the Founders Award winners are announced and the new ASA Fellows are inducted.
Karen Kafadar
ASA President’s Task Force Statement on Statistical Significance and Replicability
The value of hypothesis testing, and the frequent misinterpretation of p-values as a cornerstone of statistical methodology, continues to be debated. In 2019, the president of the American Statistical Association, Karen Kafadar, convened a task force to consider the use of statistical methods in scientific studies, specifically hypothesis tests and p-values, and their connection to replicability.
Task Force on Statistical Significance and Replicability Created
An ASA Task Force on Statistical Significance and Replicability will be created, with a charge to develop thoughtful principles and practices that the ASA can endorse and share with scientists and journal editors.
JSM 2019: Reminiscing on the Impact
Let us reflect on yet another successful JSM, set against a backdrop of the awe-inspiring Colorado Front Range. I will remember fondly riding the free mall shuttle up and down 16th Street, reveling in the JSM downtown signposts welcoming us to Denver, connecting with statistical colleagues lounging for a coffee break at the Hyatt, and being greeted by the big blue bear wanting to get in on our festivities. We for sure fulfilled ASA President Karen Kafadar’s theme of Statistics: Making an Impact at the foothills of the Rockies!
Statistics and Unintended Consequences
In her latest column, Karen Kafadar discusses how to communicate the importance of statistical inference and the proper interpretation of p-values.
P-Values: To Own or Not to Own?
In her latest column, Karen Kafadar discusses the debate about the value of hypothesis testing and the over-reliance on p-values as a cornerstone of statistical methodology.
New Year’s Resolution: Working Together to Make an Impact with Statistics
Karen Kafadar shares details about the initiatives she plans to take on as the 2019 ASA president.
Karen Kafadar Elected ASA President
Karen Kafadar, chair and commonwealth professor in the department of statistics at the University of Virginia, has been elected the ASA’s 114th president. The ASA membership also elected Katherine Monti, formerly chief statistical scientist at Rho, as ASA vice president. Both women will begin their term January 1, 2019.
2018 ASA Board of Directors Candidates
The ASA announces the selection of candidates for the 2017 election. Voting begins March 15 and May 1. Make sure to look for your ballots in your email inbox.