American Statistical Association
The American Statistical Association (ASA) is a not-for-money group of statisticians in the United States. Their mission is to work on research about statistics and similar sciences.[1] It was founded by Lemuel Shattuck in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839. The association publishes journals and holds international conferences every year.[2]
| Nickname | ASA |
|---|---|
| Formation | November 27, 1939 |
| Founded at | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Legal status | Non-profit organization |
| Purpose | Statistical research |
Membership (2022) | 19,000 |
| Website | https://www.amstat.org/ |
Formerly called | Association for the Prevention and Relief of Heart Disease |
Mission
changeThe group's mission is to promote statistics, especially by doing the following things:[3]
- support good research, journals, and meetings about statistics
- make education about statistics better
- encourage using statistics the right way
- help its members
- use the discipline of statistics to help humanity
- help the profession of statistics
Membership
changeAs of 2022, the ASA has more 19,000 members.[4] The group works with companies like AstraZeneca, Merck & Co., the National Security Agency, Pfizer, RTI International, StataCorp and Westat.[5]
Meetings
changeThe group holds meetings so that their members can meet each other and share ideas. ASA holds annual meetings called Joint Statistical Meetings (JSM),[6] Spring Research Conference (SRC),[7] Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP),[8] and other meetings.
References
change- ↑ Mason, Robert L.; McKenzie, John D. (2015-04-03). "A Brief History of the American Statistical Association, 1990–2014". The American Statistician. 69 (2): 68–78. doi:10.1080/00031305.2015.1033984. ISSN 0003-1305.
- ↑ Willcox, Walter P. (1940-03). "Lemuel Shattuck, Statist, Founder of the American Statistical Association". Journal of the American Statistical Association. 35 (209b): 224–235. doi:10.1080/01621459.1940.10500560. ISSN 0162-1459.
{{cite journal}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ↑ "About ASA". American Statistical Organization. 2009. Retrieved 2009-03-24.
- ↑ "ASA members". American Statistical Association. 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-31.
- ↑ "ASA Organizational Members". American Statistical Association. Archived from the original on 2023-05-29. Retrieved 2023-05-29.
- ↑ "JSM 2020". American Statistical Association. 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ "SRC 2020". American Statistical Association. 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-24.
- ↑ "CSP 2020". American Statistical Association. 2020. Retrieved 2020-02-29.