NB: These are the Editor's thoughts. To be rewritten as job descriptions by each Associate Editor.
- Chapters
- Key role in developing a "sense of place". Provide a unified voice for Council of Chapters in terms of web matters that might be of interest to the COC Governing Board and to Chapters as a whole.
- Sections
- Oversee web matters of interest to Sections as a whole. Counsel Web Editor on the web perspective of the Sections. Communicate to and from COS Governing Board. Keep in touch with needs and wishes of Section Webmasters, and ensure smooth working relationship with Amstat Online Webmaster.
- Committees
- Help envision mechanisms for ASA Committees to function more efficiently
using web resources. This concerns communication among committee members
(e.g. e-conferences vs. travel), and sharing ideas with members, with
possibly open or restricted access to material.
- Books
- Coordinate reviews of statistics-related books on the web. Work with journal Editors (JASA, American Statistician, Technometrics) to migrate some or all reviews to the web for timely dissemination. Design interactive, moderated system for quick informal reviews.
- Software
- Coordinate reviews and demos of software on the web. Work with American Statistician Editor to consider migration of part of reviews to the web for timely dissemination. Design interactive, moderated system for quick informal reviews. Interface with JCGS Editor as appropriate.
- Technologies
- Explore emerging technology-capabilities, costs and benefits. Report on what's new in statistical computing. Find ways to use statistical computing and statistical graphics to enhance AmStat Online as a public resource. Coordinate with JCGS Editor.
- Archives
- Several major electronic archive/portal sites for the statistics profession
(e.g. StatLib and the
Virtual Library: Statistics)
developed before Amstat
Online came on board.
How do they fit together in ways that might benefit the profession?
- Education
- Build linkages to web resources for K-12 teachers and pupils.
Coordinate with NCTM and MAA and others on web educational materials for teachers.
Explore and develop the use of distance education and web-conferencing.
Work with and ASA Staff in Education.
Coordinate with Stats and JSE Editors,
Section on Statistics Education and ASA Center for Statistics Education.
- Industries
- Connect statisticians across the private sector. Explore ways to use the
Internet to promote sound statistical practice in industry, and to convey new
Developments in statistical issues in industry to the broader statistical
Community.
- Science
- Develop linkages to other scientific societies. Encourage web venues for inter-disciplinary teaching, research and service involving statistical science.
- Governments
- Develop communication networks for statistical information useful to and from federal, state and local government agencies. Anticipate how ASA can better serve, inform and work with governmental institutions.
- Careers
- View career information on the web from the perspective of a member or potential member.
Work with ASA Staff and Committee on Career Development and educational units to build useful
career information material.
- Op-Ed
- Increase the pubic awareness of statistical issues. Coordinate
news releases with the Amstat Online Editor, as well as Scientific and Public Affairs Advisory Committee (SPAAC) and the
ASA Office of Public Affairs.
See Editorial Board for current members.
See Editorial Board Information if you are curious about
responsibilities of Associate Editors.
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