Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/HistofStats2021

At the History of Statistics Edit-a-thon we'll work on articles related to the history of the field of statistics and statistical activities such as censuses and surveys. This event is presented by the American Statistical Association with support from Wikimedia DC. When: Friday, September 10, 2021, from 3-5pm eastern time Where: Online -- Zoom link will be made available to those who register Organizers History of Statistics interest group of American Statistical Association Peter Meyer and Ariel Cetrone of Wikimedia DC Donna Lalonde, Director of Strategic Initiatives and Outreach for the ASA Sign up with Eventbrite Follow-up office hours to discuss/improve/finalize changes. One session will be the next Friday, Sept 17, from 3-4pm eastern time WikiProject Statistics icon from the historic Iris flower data set Previous stats editathon at a library

Schedule

• 15:00 Tune in together online, sign in, mutual introductions, experienced editors can start editing
• 15:15 Presentation to new editors: Wikipedia structure, policies and editing training
• 17:00 Wrap up

FAQ

Do I have to register to attend?

Please register ahead of time using Eventbrite

Do I have to be a Wikipedia editor already?

No. Newcomers are welcome. Editing training will be provided. Please try to create a Wikipedia username ahead of time if you don't already have one. You may do so HERE using the outreach dashboard page for this event.

What will be included in the Wikipedia editing training?

Training for new editors will cover most of the following topics

Wikimedia overview

• Wikimedia movement
• Wikipedia, a web-based encyclopedia
• Wikimedia Commons, a data repository of media (images, videos and sounds). (See * Wikiproject Wikimedia Commons:GLAM Wikiproject)
• Wikidata, a common source of data, also accessible by the other projects
• Wiktionary, a dictionary
• Wikibooks, educational textbooks
• Wikinews, news articles
• Wikiquote, a collection of quotations
• Wikisource, a library of source texts and documents
• Wikiversity, educational material
• Wikivoyage, a travel guide
• Wikispecies, a taxonomic catalogue of species

Wikipedia Policies

• Wikipedia:Username policy
• Wikipedia:Five pillars
• Wikipedia:Core content policies
• Wikipedia:General notability guideline
• Wikipedia:Verifiability
• Wikipedia:Conflict of interest
• Wikipedia:Identifying reliable sources
• Wikipedia:No original research (Examples of Original Research)
• Wikipedia:Citing sources
• Wikipedia:Identifying and using primary sources

Sign Up/Register

Register using Eventbrite.

Once registered, go to the event's dashboard page. New editors, select 'Sign up', existing editors, select 'Log in'.

Article work list

Articles for creation Numbers = potential sources

Past presidents, American Statistical Association (Full list of red and blue links, with years of service, is also available here)

• George C. Shattuck [1] [2]
• Edward Dana Durand (AKA E. Dana Durand) [3] [4] (Pre-1925 (fair use) photo available here. Download it to your device, upload to Commons, add to article)
• Carroll W. Doten [5]
• William S. Rossiter
• Robert E. Chaddock [6]
• Edmund E. Day
• Stuart Arthur Rice [7]
• F. Leslie Hayford
• Ralph J. Watkins [8]
• William R. Leonard
• Walter E. Hoadley [9]
• Raymond T. Bowman [10]
• T. A. Bancroft [11]
• Franklin A. Graybill
• Ralph A. Bradley [12] [13]
• I. Richard Savage [14] [15]
• J. Stuart Hunter [16] [17]
• Mitchell H. Gail [18] [19]
• Jon R. Kettenring [20]
• Jonas H. Ellenberg [21] [22] [23]
• W. Michael O'Fallon
• Richard L. Scheaffer
• Miron L. Straf
• Robert L. Mason (statistician) [24]
• Fritz J. Scheuren
• Peter A. Lachenbruch [25]
• Sastry G. Pantula [26] [27] [28]
• Robert N. Rodriguez [29] [30]
• Nathaniel Schenker [31] [32]
• David R. Morganstein
• Joseph W. Duncan UN Source, page 37

Be sure the add the following categories where applicable:

[[Category:American statisticians]] [[Category:Fellows of the American Statistical Association]] [[Category:Presidents of the American Statistical Association]] [[Category:Living people]]

• Washington Statistical Society based on historical info on the WSS
• Analysis of variance table -- a new article could explain how to interpret one. Analysis of variance and Mixed-design analysis of variance refer to such tables, without a full clear explanation. Bring sources for this.
• International Statistical Congress based on Randeraad, Nico (January 2011). "The International Statistical Congress (1853—1876): Knowledge Transfers and their Limits". European History Quarterly. 41 (1): 50–65. doi:10.1177/0265691410385759.

Existing articles for improvement Biographies

• Vincent Barabba [33] [34] [35] (The last source is House testimony. (Add external link section to articles and then testimony to the external link section)
• Clifford Hildreth
• Irene Hess
• Elizabeth Scott (mathematician)
• Arlene Ash[36]
• Katherine K. Wallman, now Chief Statistician of the U.S.UN Source see page 65[37]
• Margaret E. Martin, economist/statistician at Bureau of the Budget and influential on U.S. economic statistics[38][39][40][41]
• Isador Lubin[42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51] [52]
• Janet L. Norwood[53][54][55]
• Helen M. Walker[56][57][58]
• Lynne Billard [59][60]
• Edward Fulton Denison -- ASA Fellow, significant economist -- draw from sources on talk page, and any ASA sources
• John Whitefield Kendrick -- ASA Fellow, significant economist -- draw from sources on talk page, and any ASA sources
• Morris H. Hansen article could refer to Hansen Lecture and include his picture and Census-history details from [61][62]
• S. N. D. North - [63](Upload photo from Census source to Commons and add to article)
• William Rush Merriam[64] - Add references, follow guidance in template (reorder text).
• Carroll D. Wright - [65] - Follow guidance in template (improve/add inline citations)
• Improve any biography from this List of statisticians
• Improve any biography from this List of women in statistics

Concepts, terms, organizations

• Analysis of variance -- edit to express in simpler language
• Tag statistics articles for WikiProject Statistics on their talk pages, with {{WikiProject Statistics | class = | importance = }} or a further filled-in version
• American Statistical Association (any update appropriate?)
• Topics suggested at WikiProject Statistics and its talk page
• Coefficient of determination, which includes adjusted R-squared -- write as simply as possible; Regina's an expert on this
• We might demo Statipedia, a workspace for federal gov staff -- not notable enough for an article on Wikipedia, but a good site to develop for federal gov methods, practices, procedures, workplaces, locations, etc.
• Add at least a redirect for indirect seasonal adjustment - meaning seasonal adjustment of underlying time series which are then combined
• and for residual seasonality - seasonality properties of a time series left over after indirect seasonal adjustment
• evaluate whether we have enough on Lowe index?
• Statistics Without Borders
• Topics suggested by the Statistics 2013: International Year of Statistics site
• for ideas see also the very nice Statistics portal
• Same for R. A. Fisher Lectureship#R. A. Fisher Lecturers

Other possible sources

• OpenIntro Statistics textbooks
• Dictionary of epidemiology [66]

ASA resources

• on Egyptian censuses: [67] and [68]
• Saleh, Mohamed. Historical Origins of Inter-Religion Differences: Evidence from 19th and 20th Century Egypt University of Southern California, Dept of Economics, dissertation proposal.
• Saleh, Mohamed. 2011. The Reluctant Transformation: Modernization, Religion, and Human Capital in Nineteenth Century Egypt. working paper, Univ of Southern California.
• Cuno, Kenneth M., and Reimer, Michael J. 1997. The Census Registers of Nineteenth-Century Egypt: A New Source for Social Historians. British Journal of Middle Eastern Studies 24:2. 193–216. (on JSTOR)
• Fargues, Philippe. Family and household in mid-nineeenth century Cairo. In Doumani, Beshara, ed. Family history in the Middle East: household, property, and gender

Attendees

Previous statistics editathon events

• WP:Meetup/DC/Statistics Edit-a-thon from 2013, the International Year of Statistics
• WP:Meetup/DC/Statistics2017 from 2017