Wikipedia:Meetup/DC/Statistics2017

Schedule

• 11:30am: Arrive, chat, SIGN-IN, experienced editors can start editing
• 11:45am: Introductions to one another, and presentation of background materials to use
• 12:00pm: Presentation: Wikipedia structure, policies and editing training
• 12:30pm: Lunch
• Until 4pm: Editing, reading, chatting

FAQ

What should I bring?

• A laptop computer, if possible. We expect to have a few spare tablet notebooks for attendees too.
• Optionally, materials to incorporate into Wikipedia articles

Do I have to register to attend, or can I just arrive on the day?

Please register ahead of time using Eventbrite

Do I have to be a Wikipedia editor already?

No. Newcomers are welcome. Editing training will be provided. We'll refer to these:

Editing Tips/Wikipedia Policies

What if I get hungry?

FREE lunch will be provided.

Can I arrive late? Or leave early? Or stay late?

Arrive any time and we won't lock anyone in! This event ends promptly at 4PM. You are welcome to continue editing at home.

Sign Up/Register

You may register using Eventbrite. If you already know how to edit, you can also sign-up by adding your name below.

To do list

• Likely topics in general: making articles less technical, and clearer in the lead, using simpler English ; fill in biographies
• See Table 4 for list of common statistical terms for articles to perhaps improve: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4840969/
• Fill in the red-linked names on the List of presidents of the American Statistical Association. Generally each such article should be in these categories:

  [[Category:American statisticians]] [[Category:Fellows of the American Statistical Association]] [[Category:Presidents of the American Statistical Association]] [[Category:Living people]]

• Add photographs for past-presidents of ASA. For example, Frederick Mosteller's: https://www.york.ac.uk/depts/maths/histstat/people/mosteller.gif. Many others can be found at Peter Lee's webpage: - or in past issues of AmstatNews. (Many of these do not seem to be under free licenses. DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 18:09, 11 November 2017 (UTC))
• Fritz J. Scheuren, noted author, past president of ASA, active in the WSS
• 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
• 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.
• 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
• 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?

Resources to use and cite

• OpenIntro Statistics textbooks

Here's the formatting for using this as a reference (go to edit view to copy & paste the full reference):

Hildabast (talk) 17:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Here's a PDF of a dictionary of epidemiology (click on the reference to copy & paste the full reference). Hildabast (talk) 18:00, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• ASA resources
• on Egyptian censuses: and
• 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

Outcomes

Attendees

• econterms (talk) 16:28, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• DES ^(talk)_{DESiegel Contribs} 16:53, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• GinaZzo (talk) 16:57, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• MichaelJM (talk) 17:14, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• UnicornRainbowStatistics (talk) 18:36, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Statoutlier (talk) 19:07, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Rotrac (talk) 19:41, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Londonjackbooks (talk) 20:13, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Windsparrow (talk) 20:15, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Hildabast (talk) 20:44, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• TheBlueWizard (talk) 20:44, 11 November 2017 (UTC)

• Antony–22 (^talk⁄_contribs) 22:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)