What Has Ron Done for Us Lately?

摘要

Ron? Who is Ron? Ron Wasserstein, the executive director of the ASA, of course. In many ways, he's the silent partner, sometimes the silent leader, and the person who implements many of the initiatives we undertake. Ron has been active in promoting the practice and profession of statistics, and the past year has been no exception. Among many other things, he has had four huge projects come to fruition. The accreditation of statisticians first came before the ASA Board of Directors at JSM in 2009, with guidelines for accreditation approved in June of 2010. A pilot test was declared successful in January of 2011, and the program of voluntary individual accreditation has been under way since then (see www. amstat.org/accreditation/index.cfm). Statisticians now have the option to be accredited, and more than 100 members already proudly display PStat® after their name.