About ASA

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