The 2023 IDEA Forum: Celebrating the Year of Open Science
The vision for open science is to make conducting and sharing scientific research more transparent, accessible, and collaborative. The American Statistical Association imagines a world that relies on data and statistical thinking to drive discovery and inform decisions. There is much synergy between these two visions, so the theme for the 2023 Influencing Discovery Exploration and Action Forum was open science.
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Creating a Household Living Budget Using Publicly Available Data: A 21st Century Census Curated Data Enterprise Use Case
The 21st Century Census Curated Data Enterprise is a proposed shift away from relying on individual surveys and toward reusing and integrating multiple data sources to produce more timely and geographically granular statistical products. Rather than starting with individual surveys and generating products based on these surveys, we propose starting with stakeholder questions that provide the context for the creation of statistical products.
Letter to a Young Statistician: On ‘Student’ and the Lanarkshire Milk Experiment
The history of science is a laboratory for learning experimental science and statistics. Imagine Pasteur without a Priestley counterpoint, or Ronald Fisher without William S. Gosset, aka “Student.”
Open Census: Promoting Scientific Integrity at the US Census Bureau
As one of the world-leading purveyors of high-quality statistical products for researchers, policymakers, and the public, data stewardship is central to the US Census Bureau’s mission to produce high-quality statistics about the people and economy of the United States.
Interview with Peter Hotez, Influencing Discovery Exploration & Action Forum Plenary Presenter
The goal of the IDEA Forum is to provide a venue to foster and support important collaborations. Former ASA president Kathy Ensor interviewed Peter Hotez for the forum.
Data Science in Science: An Open-Access Journal
The American Statistical Association recently added Data Science in Science, or DSiS, to its publications’ portfolio. This journal will provide unrestricted access to scholarly research, which is an essential component of open science.
