ASA Board Statements

ASA Board statements, resolutions, or endorsements are expressions of an official position by the Board of Directors of the American Statistical Association on matters affecting the statistics profession. In April 2021, the ASA Board approved this process to guide ASA’s determination of whether to make a public statement on a policy-related issue.

• ASA Board issues Statement on Probability and Statistics Book Rejections, 12/6/2023.
• ASA Statement on The Role of Statistics in Data Science and Artificial Intelligence, 8/4/23.
• ASA Board approves Joint Statement with Royal Statistical Society on the Dismissal of Turkish Statistics Chair
• ASA Board endorses Quality Manifesto for the 21st Century from the International Academy for Quality, 11/19/21.
• ASA Board issues Statement on Effective Use of Preprints, 9/23/21.
• ASA board endorses seventh edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency, 4/16/21.
• ASA Board of Directors releases 2020 Census Quality Indicators and endorses its recommendations, 10/13/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement on Creation and Appointment of US Census Bureau Deputy Director of Data, 9/1/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement on Ensuring Fair and Accurate 2020 Census, 7/31/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement on the July 21 Executive Order Regarding the Decennial Census, 7/21/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement on New HHS COVID-19 Guidance for Hospital Reporting, 7/16/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement and Request on the June 23 Census Bureau Appointments, 6/24/20.
• ASA Board issues Statement on the Role of Data Experts within the Government, Especially during a Public Health Emergency, 5/26/20.
• ASA Issues New Statement of Support for Greek Statistician Andreas Georgiou, 12/10/19, press release.
• ASA endorses Principles and Best Practices for Post-Election Tabulation Audits, 1/9/19; announcement.
• ASA Position on Statistical Statements for Forensic Evidence, 1/2/19.
• ASA Board of Directors Statement of Concern for the USDA Economic Research Service and on the Vital and Unique Role of Federal Statistical Agencies, 12/3/18.
• ASA Board Decries Second Annulment of Former Greece Chief Statistician’s Acquittal, 5/17/18.
• ASA approves Ethical Guidelines for Statistical Practice, April 2018.
• ASA Board issues Statement Regarding Decision to Add Citizenship Question to Decennial Census, 3/29/18.
• The ASA & the American Mathematical Society issue joint statement regarding drawing of voting districts and partisan gerrymandering, 1/24/18. Read announcement here.
• ASA Board endorses a position paper, “Statistics as a Scientific Discipline and Practical Implications for the Evaluation of Faculty Excellence,” 1/5/18.
• ASA endorses United States Commission on Evidence-Based Policymaking final report: The Promise of Evidence-Based Policymaking, 11/17/17.
• ASA endorses joint statement with mathematics societies urging mathematics and statistics community to engage in conversations around NSF Big Ideas by participating in upcoming workshops on Big Ideas topics, responding to special funding solicitations, or by communicating key research needs to NSF.
• ASA Endorses Sixth Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency, 8/25/17.
• ASA issues statement regarding conviction of Andreas Georgiou, the former president of the Hellenic Statistical Authority (ELSTAT), on charges of violation of duty by an Appeals Court in Greece, 8/2/17.
• ASA Issues Statement on March for Science, 2/22/17.
• ASA Issues Statement in Response to President’s Executive Order on Visas and Immigration, 1/31/17.
• ASA Statement on Statistical Significance and P-Values, press release, 3/7/16.
• ASA issues statement on role of Statistics in Data Science, August 2015; Press Release; Blog Entry from ASA Executive Director Ron Wasserstein.
• ASA issues statement urging ratification of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, June 2014; press release.
• ASA issues position statement on using value-added models for educational assessment; April 2014; press release.
• ASA and MAA issue joint position statement, Qualifications for Teaching an Introductory Statistics Course; January 2014; press release.
• ASA endorses 5th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency; 8/2/13; press release.
• ASA and NCTM issue joint position statement outlining statistics teacher training needs; April, 2013; press release.
• ASA Board endorses June 28 AAAS statement, "Regarding Personal Attacks on Climate Scientists," 7/30/11.
• ASA Board endorses National Center for Education Statistics recommendations in Report and Recommendations for the Reauthorization of the Institute of Education Sciences (from AERA), 7/29/11.
• ASA Board endorses the use of risk-limiting audits: 4/17/10; press release.
• ASA Board endorses 2009 National Academies’ report, Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward,: 4/17/10; press release.
• Board endorses call for a National Institute of Finance; 8/6/09.
• ASA endorses 4th Edition of Principles and Practices for a Federal Statistical Agency; 4/30/09.
• ASA issues statement, Data Access and Personal Privacy: Appropriate Methods of Disclosure Control, 12/6/08.
• ASA Board endorses H.R. 7069, "Restoring the Integrity of American Statistics Act of 2008," which would make the Census Bureau an independent agency and give the director a fixed, five-year term; 12/5/08.
• ASA endorses Election Auditing Principles; 9/15/08.
• The ASA issues position on electoral integrity: news release.
• The ASA endorses conclusions of the UN IPCC Fourth Assessment Report on Climate Change: statement; news release.
• ASA Board of Directors endorses Guidelines for Assessment and Instruction in Statistics Education (GAISE) reports, 5/17/05.
• The ASA Board of Directors endorses the 2002 AAAS resolution regarding intelligent design and evolution.
• The ASA Board of Directors the Mathematical Association of America (MAA) endorse "Guidelines for Programs and Departments in Undergraduate Mathematical Sciences," August 2000.