ASA Launches Program to Rebuild Public Trust in Federal Statistics

The American Statistical Association (ASA), in partnership with organizations in the statistical community, today launched a campaign to advance the federal statistical system and awareness of its significant work. Count on Stats is a public outreach initiative, which will enhance understanding of the importance, reliability, and trustworthiness of government statistics. “I am pleased to partner with the ASA in increasing the awareness and the support for high quality federal statistics,” said Count on Stats partner John Thompson. Thompson, executive director of COPAFS and former head of the Census Bureau, continued,…

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