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<h1 id="gmail-PageTitleH1" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:36px;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:rgb(84,85,86);vertical-align:middle;max-width:1200px;padding-left:10px;padding-top:20px;padding-bottom:20px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial;margin:0px auto">When should the ASA make a public statement on an issue?</h1><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ContentWrapper" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;background-color:rgb(255,255,255);text-decoration-style:initial;text-decoration-color:initial"><div class="gmail-row gmail-row-last gmail-row-wide gmail-clearfix" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;padding-bottom:20px;max-width:1184px;width:1184px"><div class="gmail-col-md-12 gmail-column gmail-section1" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;width:1184px"><div class="gmail-ContentUserControl" style="box-sizing:border-box"></div><div class="gmail-ContentUserControl" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-blogs-block" style="box-sizing:border-box;border-top:1px solid rgb(221,221,221);padding:10px 0px 5px;margin-top:5px"><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_UpdatePanel3" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-row gmail-margin-bottom-medium" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:1184px;width:1154px"><div class="gmail-col-md-8" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:769.323px"><div class="gmail-form-inline" style="box-sizing:border-box"><div class="gmail-form-group" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><h4 style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:"Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;font-weight:500;line-height:1.1;color:inherit;margin-top:10px;margin-bottom:10px;font-size:18px"><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_ByLinePanel" style="box-sizing:border-box"><span class="gmail-TitleHeading" style="box-sizing:border-box">By</span><span> </span><a id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_UserName_lnkProfile" href="http://community.amstat.org/people/ronald-wasserstein" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-decoration:none;font-weight:normal">Ronald L. Wasserstein</a><span> </span><span id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_lblBlogStatus" class="gmail-TitleHeading" style="box-sizing:border-box">posted</span><span> </span>06-23-2017 10:10</div></h4></div><span> </span>  <span> </span><div class="gmail-form-group" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin-bottom:0px;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle"><div class="gmail-btn-group gmail-dropdown-multi-option gmail-btn-group-sm gmail-ManageDropdownMainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_ManageDropDown1636662275453258834" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;vertical-align:middle;white-space:nowrap"></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-col-md-4" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;float:left;width:384.656px"><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_pnlRating" class="gmail-pull-right" style="box-sizing:border-box;float:right"><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_BlogItemRating_CommentPanel" class="gmail-CommentPanel gmail-ItemRatingCommentPanel" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:0.8em;word-break:break-all"><div id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_BlogItemRating_likeRatingContainer" class="gmail-" style="box-sizing:border-box;display:inline-block;text-align:center;margin-top:5px"><a id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_BlogItemRating_hypTotalLikes" title="Nbr of recommenders" class="gmail-btn gmail-btn-sm gmail-btn-default-override gmail-btn-recommend-no" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;padding:5px 10px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);border-radius:2px">0</a><span> </span><a id="gmail-MainCopy_ctl04_ucPermission_BlogItemRating_lbLike" title="Recommend this item." class="gmail-btn gmail-btn-sm gmail-btn-default-override" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:none rgb(255,255,255);color:rgb(51,51,51);text-decoration:none;display:inline-block;padding:5px 10px;margin-bottom:0px;font-size:12px;font-weight:normal;line-height:1.5;text-align:center;white-space:nowrap;vertical-align:middle;border:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);border-radius:2px">Recommend</a></div></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-row" style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px auto;max-width:1184px;width:1154px"><div class="gmail-col-md-12" style="box-sizing:border-box;min-height:1px;padding-right:15px;padding-left:15px;width:1154px"><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">One of the common complaints I heard when I became executive director in 2007 was “no one listens to us.”<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>The “us” referred to statisticians in general and the ASA in particular.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>My response was, “That’s because we never say anything.”<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>However, coinciding with my hiring, the ASA Board created the<span> </span><a href="http://www.amstat.org/ASA/Science-Policy-and-Advocacy/home.aspx" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-decoration:underline">Director of Science Policy</a><span> </span>position.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span>The world’s largest organization of statisticians has been much more vocal since.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">We want to speak when we have something important to say.<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>How do we decide when that is?<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>More specifically, how should ASA leadership decide when to publicly engage in a matter through an<span> </span><a href="https://www.amstat.org/ASA/Science-Policy-and-Advocacy/ASA-Board-Statements.aspx?hkey=0b8ad910-0378-46bb-b998-6ebb36a34d08" style="box-sizing:border-box;background:transparent;color:rgb(51,102,153);text-decoration:underline">official statement</a>?<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>At its April meeting, the ASA Board took up this question.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">After a spirited and collegial discussion, the Board decided we should ask ourselves these questions:</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 48px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Symbol"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:medium">·</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px">       <span> </span></span></span></span><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Does the issue have impact on the statistics profession or on the ASA itself?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 48px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Symbol"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:medium">·</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px">       <span> </span></span></span></span><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Does this issue have impact on the quality or integrity of science or on the ability to inform public policy?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 48px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Symbol"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:medium">·</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px">       <span> </span></span></span></span><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Is there an opportunity to educate about statistics or is there a statistical perspective on this issue that we should speak to?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 0px 48px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Symbol"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:medium">·</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px">       <span> </span></span></span></span><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">In our judgment, would our members expect us to be involved in the issue?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px 48px"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px;font-family:Symbol"><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"><span size="3" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-size:medium">·</span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;font:7pt "Times New Roman";margin:0px">       <span> </span></span></span></span><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Does the issue relate to possible infringement on scientific freedom or human/civil rights?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">We talked about but did not settle on a method for “scoring” our responses to these questions.<span> </span><span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> </span>That is, we didn’t weight the questions or answers, or decide that we must answer any certain number of them in the affirmative. However, we agreed we should consider these questions when deciding whether to make a public statement on an issue.</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">What do you think?<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>Are these the right questions?<span style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px"> <span> </span></span>What else should we be asking?</span></p><p style="box-sizing:border-box;margin:0px 0px 11px"><span size="3" face="Calibri" style="box-sizing:border-box;font-family:Calibri;font-size:medium">Thank you in advance for your thoughtful responses.</span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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