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{{Short description|American professional organization of statisticians}}
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The '''American Statistical Association''' ('''ASA''') is the main professional organization for [[statistician]]s and related professionals in the [[United States]]. It was founded in [[Boston]], Massachusetts, on November 27, 1839, and is the second-oldest continuously operating professional society in the U.S. behind the [[Massachusetts Medical Society]] (founded in 1781). ASA services statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of [[statistics]] across many academic areas and applications. The association publishes a variety of journals and sponsors several international conferences every year.

==Mission==
The organization's mission is to promote good application of statistical science, specifically to:<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.amstat.org/about/index.cfm | title=About ASA | access-date=2009-03-24 | year=2009 | publisher=American Statistical Organization}}</ref>
* support excellence in statistical practice, research, journals, and meetings
* work for the improvement of statistical education at all levels
* promote the proper application of statistics
* anticipate and meet member needs
* use the discipline of statistics to enhance human welfare
* seek opportunities to advance the statistics profession

==Membership==
As of 2022, the ASA membership exceeds 19,000 professionals found in government, academia, and the private sector.<ref>{{cite web | title=ASA members | url=https://www.amstat.org/about-asa/history-of-the-asa#:~:text=Fast%20forward%20to%20the%20present,journals%2C%20and%20six%20yearly%20conferences| year=2022 | access-date=2022-12-31 | publisher=American Statistical Association}}</ref>

=== Corporate supporters ===
Organizational members and corporate supporters of the ASA include [[AstraZeneca]], [[Merck & Co.]], the [[National Security Agency]], [[Pfizer]], [[RTI International]], [[Stata]]Corp and [[Westat]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=ASA Organizational Members |url=https://ww2.amstat.org/membership/corporatesupporters.cfm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230529193058/https://ww2.amstat.org/membership/corporatesupporters.cfm |archive-date=2023-05-29 |access-date=2023-05-29 |website=American Statistical Association}}</ref>

=== Justice, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion ===
In November 2018, ASA Board of Directors approved a code of conduct statement on Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (JEDI). It was reviewed and updated by ASA BOD in 2019, 2021, and most recently in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Code of Conduct |url=https://www.amstat.org/meetings/code-of-conduct |access-date=October 13, 2023}}</ref>

In June 2020, the R. A. Fisher Award and Lectureship was changed to [[COPSS Distinguished Achievement Award and Lectureship]]. The change follows discussions about [[Ronald Fisher|Fisher]]'s views on race and eugenics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=R.A. Fisher Award and Lectureship (Retired, Effective June 23, 2020) |url=https://community.amstat.org/copss/awards/fisher-lecturer |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref>

In 2021, ASA established the Justice, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Outreach Group, known as the JEDI Outreach Group.<ref>{{Cite web |title=JEDI Outreach Group {{!}} ASA |url=https://datascijedi.org/about |access-date=2024-04-13 |website=JEDI Outreach Group |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last1=Asher |first1=Jana |last2=Furlong |first2=Cathy |date=2021-05-01 |title=Birth of an ASA Outreach Group: The Origins of JEDI {{!}} Amstat News |url=https://magazine.amstat.org/blog/2021/05/01/the-origins-of-jedi/ |access-date=2024-04-13 |newspaper=Amstat News |language=en-US}}</ref>

==Fellowship==
{{main|List of Fellows of the American Statistical Association}}
New [[Fellow#Learned or professional societies, or speciality training|Fellowships]] of the ASA are granted annually by the ASA Committee on Fellows. Candidates must have been members for the preceding three years but may be nominated by anyone. The maximum number of recipients each year is one-third of one percent of the ASA membership.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amstat.org/careers/awards.cfm|title=Awards and Recognition|access-date=2011-02-15|publisher=American Statistical Association|archive-date=December 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203232400/https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Your-Career/home.aspx|url-status=dead}}</ref>

==Organizational structure==
ASA is organized in Sections, Chapters and Committees. Chapters are arranged geographically, representing 78 areas across the US and [[Canada]]. An example of an early and large chapter is the SoCalASA.  Sections are subject-area and industry-area interest groups covering 22 sub-disciplines. ASA has more than 60 committees coordinating meetings, publications, education, careers, and special-interest topics involving statisticians.

ASA is a member society of the Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Member Societies |url=https://www.cbmsweb.org/member-societies/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=Conference Board of the Mathematical Sciences |language=en}}</ref>

==Accredited Professional Statistician==
{{As of|2010|4}}, the ASA offers the Accredited Professional Statistician status (PStat), to members who meet the ASA's credentialing requirements, which include an advanced degree in statistics or related quantitative field, five years of documented experience, and evidence of professional competence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.amstat.org/accreditation/pdfs/Guidelines_for_ASAVoluntary_Professional_Accreditation.pdf|title=ASA Professional Accreditation|access-date=2012-07-29|publisher=American Statistical Association|archive-date=June 16, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616161017/https://www.amstat.org/accreditation/pdfs/Guidelines_for_ASAVoluntary_Professional_Accreditation.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>  To apply for continuing accreditation, PStat members are expected to complete 60 hours of professional development activities each year.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Accreditation |url=https://www.amstat.org/your-career/accreditation |access-date=October 12, 2023 |website=American Statistical Association}}</ref>

The ASA also offers the Graduate Statistician status (GStat) as of April 2014.<ref>{{Cite web|date=May 1, 2014|title=ASA Unveils New GStat Accreditation|url=https://stattrak.amstat.org/2014/05/01/gstat/}}</ref> It serves as a preparatory accreditation suitable for graduate students.

A list of PStat and GStat accredited members is available on the ASA website.<ref>{{cite web |title=Accredited members |url=https://ww2.amstat.org/accreditation/roster.cfm}}</ref>

==Publications==
{{main cat|American Statistical Association academic journals}}
The ASA publishes several [[scientific journal]]s:
* ''[[Journal of the American Statistical Association]]'' (JASA)
* ''[[The American Statistician]]'' (TAS)
* ''[[Journal of Business & Economic Statistics]]'' (JBES)
* ''[[Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics]]'' (JABES)
* ''[[Journal of Computational and Graphical Statistics]]'' (JCGS)
* ''[[Technometrics]]'' (TECH)
* ''Journal of Nonparametric Statistics''
* ''Statistical Analysis and Data Mining'' (The ASA Data Science Journal)
* ''Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research'' (SBR)

Online-only journals:
* ''[[Journal of Statistics Education|Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education]]'' (JSDSE)
* ''Statistics and Public Policy''

Co-Published journals:
* ''[[Journal of Agricultural, Biological and Environmental Statistics|Journal of Agricultural, Biological, and Environmental Statistics]]'', co-sponsored with the [[International Biometric Society]]
* ''[[Journal of Educational and Behavioral Statistics]]'', co-sponsored with the [[American Educational Research Association]]
* ''[[SIAM/ASA Journal on Uncertainty Quantification]]'', co-sponsored with the [[Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics]]
* ''[[Journal of Survey Statistics and Methodology]]'' (JSSAM), co-sponsored with the [[American Association for Public Opinion Research]]
* ''Journal of Quantitative Analysis in Sports'' (JQAS)
* ''[[Statistics Surveys]]'', co-sponsored with the [[Bernoulli Society for Mathematical Statistics and Probability|Bernoulli Society]], the [[Institute of Mathematical Statistics]], and the [[Statistical Society of Canada]] (online-only)

The ASA co-sponsors the ''[[Current Index to Statistics]]'' (CIS)

The monthly magazine for members ''Amstat News'' is available online<ref>[https://magazine.amstat.org/about/ About] at ''Amstat News'' pages on ASA web site</ref> and features first-person statistician stories called My ASA Story. Based on the monthly column in ''AmStat News,'' the ASA produces a website called STAT''tr@k'' with new articles every month for early career statisticians and data analysts, recent graduates, or those who are in a statistics program.<ref>{{Cite web |title=STATtr@k, a website for new statistics professionals navigating a data-centric world |url=https://stattrak.amstat.org/ |access-date=October 14, 2023}}</ref> Quarterly magazine ''[[Chance (statistics magazine)|Chance]]'' and bimonthly magazine [[Significance (magazine)|Significance]] are geared toward a general audience.

Historical publications include:
* [[Edward Jarvis (physician)|Edward Jarvis]], William Brigham and [[John Wingate Thornton]], ''Memorial of the American Statistical Association Praying the Adoption of Measures for the Correction of Errors in the Census'', 1844
* Publications of the American Statistical Association, 1888-1919 (Vols. 1-16)<ref>{{cite web | title = Publications of the American Statistical Association | publisher = JSTOR | url = https://www.jstor.org/journal/publamerstatasso | access-date = 20 April 2013 }}</ref> and Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association, 1920-1921<ref>{{cite web | title = Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association | publisher = JSTOR | url = https://www.jstor.org/journal/quarpublamerstat | access-date = 20 April 2013 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = The American Statistical Association | publisher = School of Mathematics and Statistics, University of St Andrews, Scotland | url = http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Societies/American_Statistical.html | access-date = 20 April 2013 }}</ref>
==Meetings==
Meetings provide a platform for scholars and practitioners to exchange research, job opportunities and ideas with each other. ASA holds an annual meeting called [[Joint Statistical Meetings]] (JSM),<ref>{{cite web | title=JSM 2020 | url=https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/jsm/2020 | year=2020 | access-date=2020-02-24 | publisher=American Statistical Association}}</ref> a conference on statistical methodologies and applications called [[Spring Research Conference]] (SRC),<ref>{{cite web | title=SRC 2020 | url=https://files.oakland.edu/users/qu/web/SRC2020.html | year=2020 | access-date=2020-02-24 | publisher=American Statistical Association}}</ref> Conference on Statistical Practice (CSP),<ref>{{cite web | title=CSP 2020 | url=https://ww2.amstat.org/meetings/csp/2020/ | year=2020 | access-date=2020-02-29 | publisher=American Statistical Association}}</ref> and sponsors multiple international meetings and special-interest group meetings.

==See also==
{{Commons category|American Statistical Association}}
* [[American Mathematical Society]]
* [[COPSS Presidents' Award]]
* [[List of fellows of the American Statistical Association]]
* [[President of the American Statistical Association]]
* [[Statistics Without Borders (SWB)]]

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.amstat.org/ American Statistical Association]

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