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.

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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

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Follow-up office hours to discuss/improve/finalize changes. One session will be the next Friday, Sept 17, from 3-4pm eastern time

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

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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

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Wikiversity, educational material
Wikivoyage, a travel guide
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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

Vincent Barabba [33] [34] House testimony, for use as an external link (Add external link section, first)
Clifford Hildreth
Irene Hess
Elizabeth Scott (mathematician)
Arlene Ash [35]
Katherine K. Wallman, now Chief Statistician of the U.S.UN Source see page 65 [36]
Margaret E. Martin, economist/statistician at Bureau of the Budget and influential on U.S. economic statistics ; one source is her obit in the Washington Post ^[1] ^[2] ^[3]
Isador Lubin [37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46] [47]
Janet L. Norwood [48][49][50]
Helen M. Walker [51][52][53]
Lynne Billard [54][55]
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
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
Improve any biography from this List of statisticians
American Statistical Association (any update appropriate?)
Morris H. Hansen article could refer to Hansen Lecture and include his picture and Census-history details from [56]
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

Resources to use and cite

OpenIntro Statistics textbooks [57] Here's the formatting for using this as a reference (go to edit view to copy & paste the full reference):

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Here's a PDF of a dictionary of epidemiology (click on the reference to copy & paste the full reference).^[5]

ASA resources
on Egyptian censuses: [58] and [59]
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

Cited above

^ "Margaret E. Martin". Microsoft Academic Search. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
^ "Margaret Martin: A Leader in the Federal Statistical System". Amstat News. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2013-12-05.
^ "Discussion - Margaret E. Martin, Committee on National Statistics" (PDF), American Statistics Association, Online Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, 1982, retrieved 2013-12-05
^ Diez, David M; Barr, Christopher D; Cetinkaya-Rundel, Mine (2017). OpenIntro Statistics (3rd ed.). OpenIntro. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
^ Porta, Miquel, ed. (2014). A dictionary of epidemiology (PDF). International Epidemiological Association (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976720. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

Outcomes

Articles created

Articles expanded

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

[1] "Margaret E. Martin". Microsoft Academic Search. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

[2] "Margaret Martin: A Leader in the Federal Statistical System". Amstat News. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2013-12-05.

[3] "Discussion - Margaret E. Martin, Committee on National Statistics" (PDF), American Statistics Association, Online Proceedings of the Survey Research Methods Section, 1982, retrieved 2013-12-05

[OpenIntro_Statistics-4] Diez, David M; Barr, Christopher D; Cetinkaya-Rundel, Mine (2017). OpenIntro Statistics (3rd ed.). OpenIntro. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

[IEA_Dictionary_of_Epidemiology-5] Porta, Miquel, ed. (2014). A dictionary of epidemiology (PDF). International Epidemiological Association (6th ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199976720. Retrieved 11 November 2017.

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