The American Statistical Association's own official history page, covering its 1839 founding in Boston, its founders, its purpose, its headquarters and its recognition of Florence Nightingale's statistical work.
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PublisherAmerican Statistical Association
URLhttps://www.amstat.org/about-asa/history-of-the-asa
Source TypeInstitutional
Reliability Tier1
The association's own official history page, a primary institutional source for its founding, purpose and headquarters; its founding date and founders were cross-checked during research against the MacTutor History of Mathematics society entry for the ASA, which agrees. Sources
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- Institutions, 5 claims: 4 well-attested, 1 general references.
- Sources, 5 claims: 5 well-attested.
- Scientists, 1 claims: 1 connected.
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