The Global Impact of Statistics Without Borders and StatCom: Can We Make It Enduring?

• Activity Number: 556
• Type: Topic Contributed
• Date/Time: Wednesday, August 6, 2014 : 2:00 PM to 3:50 PM
• Sponsor: Survey Research Methods Section
• Author(s): James J. Cochran*+ and Cathy Furlong*+ and Nilupa S. Gunaratna*+ and Steve Pierson*+ and Ian Crandell*+
• Companies: Statistics Without Borders and The University of Alabama and Harvard School of Public Health and ASA and Virginia Tech
• Keywords: globalization ; glocalization ; SWB ; StatCom ; statistical consulting

Abstract

Can statistics make a global impact and still meet the real needs of local people, and free of charge? In response to this intriguing question of "glocalization" - a newly coined blend of globalization and localization - leading professionals of Statistics Without Borders and StatCom will discuss the glocal impact of pro bono statistical consulting which takes bottom-line account of local considerations. A panel of academics and practitioners joining from SWB and StatCom will critically review what worked or not; demonstrate how to provide effective pro bono consulting with real examples, and recommend what next steps to take in order to make enduring glocal impact via a pragmatic vehicle of statistical consulting.