International Year of Statistics Kicks Off

摘要

The ASA and more than 1,400 organizations in 109 countries last month kicked off the International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013), a worldwide initiative promoting the contributions of the statistics field to finding solutions to global challenges. The goals of this awareness campaign are to do the following: Increase public understanding of the power and impact of statistics on all aspects of society Nurture statistics as a profession, especially among high-school and college students Promote creativity and development in the sciences of probability and statistics Statistics2013 participants include national and international professional societies, universities, schools, businesses, government agencies, and research institutes in countries ranging from Algeria to Iran and North Korea to Vietnam.