International Year of Statistics Press Release The American
Statistical Association (ASA) and more than 1,400 organizations
in 111 countries are combining energies in 2013 to promote the
International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013), a worldwide
initiative that will highlight the contributions of the
statistics field to finding solutions to global challenges. The
goals of this awareness campaign are to: - 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 Statistics2013
participants are national and international professional
societies, universities, schools, businesses, government
agencies and research institutes. These groups will help
millions of people understand the value of statistical science
through seminars, workshops and outreach to students and the
media. Statistics-the science of learning from data and of
measuring, controlling and communicating uncertainty-is much