American Statistical Association

See: Learned Society, ASA, Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Journal, Journal of the American Statistical Association, The Royal Statistical Society.

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Statistical_Association
- The American Statistical Association (ASA), is the main professional US organization for statisticians and related professions. It was founded in Boston, Massachusetts on November 27, 1839, and is the second oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States. The ASA services statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of statistics across many academic areas and applications.
http://www.amstat.org/about/index.cfm
- The American Statistical Association (ASA), a scientific and educational society founded in Boston in 1839, is the second-oldest, continuously operating professional society in the United States. For 170 years, the ASA has provided its members and the public with up-to-date, useful information about statistics. The ASA has a proud tradition of service to statisticians, quantitative scientists, and users of statistics across a wealth of academic areas and applications.
- The ASA mission is to promote excellence in the application of statistical science across the wealth of human endeavor, specifically to:
  - Support excellence in statistical practice, research, journals, and meetings
  - Work for the improvement of statistical education at all levels
  - Promote the proper application of statistics
  - Anticipate and meet member needs
  - Use the discipline of statistics to enhance human welfare
  - Seek opportunities to advance the statistics profession