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Government Statistics Section Archive
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Scholarship Offers $1,000 for Government Statisticians
Awarded jointly by the ASA’s Government Statistics and Social Statistics sections, this scholarship encourages promising young statisticians to consider a career in government statistics by providing up to $1,000 for use in exploring any of a broad number of opportunities.
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Winners Named for 2023 Student Paper Competition
The Survey Research Methods Section, the Government Statistics Section, and the Social Statistics Section announce the winners of the 2023 student paper competition.
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Submit to Win Data Challenge Expo
The annual Data Challenge Expo is open to students and professionals and will be held in conjunction with the Joint Statistical Meetings in Toronto, Canada, August 5–10, 2023.
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Virtual Workshops on Blended Data a Success
The Government Statistics Section and Social Statistics Section hosted a free series of virtual workshops as part of the ASA’s professional development program. They will hold another series in the fall of 2020.
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Call for Virtual Workshop Practicum, Student Showcase Submissions
The Government and Social Statistics sections will offer virtual workshops focusing on user applications in fall 2020.
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Data Challenge Expo 2020 Open to Everyone
The ASA Statistical Computing, Government Statistics, and Statistical Graphics sections are sponsoring the annual Data Challenge Expo at JSM 2020, which challenges participants to analyze a data set.
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Registration Open for Virtual Workshops on World of Blended Data
Each virtual workshop consists of a one-hour webinar followed by virtual group discussion and possible set of activities using data and code provided by the presenter.
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Government Statistics Section Sponsors First Data Challenge
Eight contestants were challenged to analyze the U.S. Census Bureau’s tract and block planning databases using any statistical and/or visualization tools and methods.
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Support the Data Challenge at JSM 2015
The ASA’s Government Statistics Section will sponsor a data challenge in 2015. The contest, which challenges participants to analyze a public data set using any statistical and/or visualization tools and methods, is open to anyone, including college students.