To celebrate MSAM 2024’s theme of Looking to the Past to Predict the Future, the American Statistical Association created a poster and related infographic for teachers to use in their classrooms, hosted a Predict 5 contest, and will host its virtual K-12 science fair.
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The Demand for Literacy Training on Quantitative Public Health Data
The global pandemic increased the public’s demand for information. Almost daily, media and policymakers present numbers on testing, deaths, hospitalization rates, and vaccine distribution. This information often includes data visualizations and tables viewers must interpret to better understand the pandemic’s scope and its impact on local communities and countries worldwide. As a result, there is a need for a new vocabulary around public health and data literacy.
Advocating for the Federal Data Infrastructure: What, Why, When, and How
ASA Science Policy Fellow Daniel Elchert helps answer the question: What is our federal data infrastructure, and when and how might statisticians go about advocating for this system as a means to leverage data for the public good?
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.