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Statistics, Politics, and Policy Electronic Journal – first publications in late 2010

Statistics, Politics, and Policy Electronic Journal – first publications in late 2010. Senior Editors David Banks, Dan McCaffrey, Sally Morton, John Rolph Contributing Editor Andrew Gelman. Statistics Politics & Policy Journal Purpose, Aims, and Scope. Our Electronic Journal Aims

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Statistics, Politics, and Policy Electronic Journal – first publications in late 2010

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  1. Statistics, Politics, and PolicyElectronic Journal – first publications in late 2010 Senior Editors David Banks, Dan McCaffrey, Sally Morton, John Rolph Contributing Editor Andrew Gelman

  2. Statistics Politics & Policy JournalPurpose, Aims, and Scope • Our Electronic Journal Aims • Statistics Analog of sister bepress creation “The Economists’ Voice” • Open avenues of communication between statisticians and policy makers • Articles and Commentary on Current Issues from Statistical Perspective • Accessible writing style-NYT, WSJ level for statistically oriented reader • Advantages to Authors and Editors • Rapid turnaround of submissions • Immediate publication upon acceptance-no wait for journal issue • Ease of Website software for editors and referees

  3. Statistics Politics & Policy JournalPurpose, Aims, and Scope (continued) • Articles Section • Applying statistical concepts & methods to significant public policy issues • Encourage discussants • Commentary and Ideas Section • Shorter, Accessible, Current, • Opinion, Provocative, not necessarily research

  4. Representative Articles and Commentary in SPP • Articles • The Spread of Evidence-Poor Medicine via Flawed Soicial-Network Analysis – Lyons: 2 discussions accepted • Toward a Pragmatic Policy on Authorship - Alemayehu & Levenstein • 2 discussions published • Atmospheric Circulations Do Not Explain the Temperature-Industrial Correlation - McKitrick • Using a Density-Variation/Compactness Measure to Evaluate Redistricting Plans for Partisan Bias and Responsiveness - Belin et al • Commentary and Ideas • A Snapshot of the 2008 Election – Gelman et al • Reproducible Research: A Range of Response – Banks • Statistics, Data and Controversy: Making Science Research Data Intelligible – Sedransk, Karr, Speigelman

  5. SPP As a Vehicle To … • Identify common problems that face different government agencies and policy areas • Disseminate methodological advances in a manner that benefits both statistically-oriented researchers and policy-makers • Provide a venue for open and accessible debate • Communicate between different government sectors, academe and industry • Record evidence of the contribution of statistics to policy

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