American Statistical Association
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The American Statistical Association is the primary professional organization in the United States dedicated to advancing the practice and profession of statistics through publications, conferences, education, and advocacy.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| American Statistical Association canonical | 8 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1754443 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Statistical Association Context triple: [Irving Fisher, memberOf, American Statistical Association]
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A.
American Social Science Association
The American Social Science Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that promoted the systematic study and reform of social issues such as education, public health, and criminal justice.
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B.
American Economic Association
The American Economic Association is a leading professional organization of economists in the United States, best known for publishing influential academic journals and hosting major conferences in the field of economics.
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C.
Econometric Society
The Econometric Society is an international scholarly organization dedicated to advancing economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.
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D.
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society is a leading professional association dedicated to advancing mathematical research, scholarship, and education, and supporting the global community of mathematicians.
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E.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Statistical Association Target entity description: The American Statistical Association is the primary professional organization in the United States dedicated to advancing the practice and profession of statistics through publications, conferences, education, and advocacy.
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A.
American Social Science Association
The American Social Science Association was a 19th-century U.S. organization that promoted the systematic study and reform of social issues such as education, public health, and criminal justice.
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B.
American Economic Association
The American Economic Association is a leading professional organization of economists in the United States, best known for publishing influential academic journals and hosting major conferences in the field of economics.
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C.
Econometric Society
The Econometric Society is an international scholarly organization dedicated to advancing economic theory in its relation to statistics and mathematics.
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D.
American Mathematical Society
The American Mathematical Society is a leading professional association dedicated to advancing mathematical research, scholarship, and education, and supporting the global community of mathematicians.
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E.
American Association for the Advancement of Science
The American Association for the Advancement of Science is a leading international nonprofit organization dedicated to advancing science, engineering, and innovation for the benefit of all people, best known for publishing the journal Science.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
learned society
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professional association ⓘ |
| abbreviation | ASA ⓘ |
| activity |
K–12 statistics education initiatives
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advocacy for evidence-based policy ⓘ continuing education courses ⓘ development of ethical guidelines for statisticians ⓘ professional certification in statistics ⓘ publications of statistical guidelines and reports ⓘ |
| collaboratesWith |
U.S. government statistical agencies
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academic institutions ⓘ industry organizations ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
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| field | statistics ⓘ |
| focus |
applied statistics
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data science ⓘ statistical education ⓘ statistical theory ⓘ |
| founded | 1839 ⓘ |
| foundingLocation | Boston, Massachusetts ⓘ |
| hasMembership |
data scientists
ⓘ
individual statisticians ⓘ statistics educators ⓘ statistics students ⓘ |
| hasMotto | Promoting the practice and profession of statistics ⓘ |
| hasPart |
committees
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local chapters ⓘ student chapters ⓘ subject-matter sections ⓘ |
| headquartersLocation | Alexandria, Virginia ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| legalForm | nonprofit organization ⓘ |
| membershipType | voluntary membership ⓘ |
| notableWork | Statement on p-values and statistical significance ⓘ |
| organizes |
Conference on Statistical Practice
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Joint Statistical Meetings ⓘ section and chapter meetings ⓘ |
| publishes |
Chance magazine
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Journal of Business & Economic Statistics ⓘ Journal of the American Statistical Association ⓘ Statistics and Public Policy ⓘ Statistics in Biopharmaceutical Research ⓘ Technometrics ⓘ The American Statistician ⓘ |
| purpose |
advancement of statistics
ⓘ
professional development of statisticians ⓘ promotion of statistical science ⓘ public advocacy for statistics ⓘ |
| regionServed | worldwide ⓘ |
| website | https://www.amstat.org ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: American Statistical Association Description of subject: The American Statistical Association is the primary professional organization in the United States dedicated to advancing the practice and profession of statistics through publications, conferences, education, and advocacy.
Referenced by (8)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.