SIGMAA on Statistics and Data Science Education Charter

Article II. Activities

  • Section 1. This SIGMAA will engage in activities such as, but not limited to, the following:
    • a) Hold an annual meeting in conjunction with MathFest,
    • b) Sponsor sessions in connection with MathFest,
    • c) Maintain an e-mail list to facilitate communication among members,
    • d) Maintain a web page of links related to undergraduate statistics and data science,
    • e) Promote the publication of articles related to undergraduate statistics and data science in MAA publications, and
    • f) Encourage similar activities among (regional) sections of the MAA.
  • Section 2. Relationship with MAA Activities
    • a. The ASA/MAA Joint Committee on Undergraduate Statistics and Data Science Education. Opportunities for cooperation between the SIGMAA and the Committee abound. While the Committee's charge is to address issues of curriculum, pedagogy, and faculty development, the SIGMAA will provide a group that can work at a more "grass roots" level to implement various initiatives. It is also expected that the SIGMAA will provide a means of communicating needs and concerns for the Committee's consideration. To facilitate this communication in both directions, it is expected that MAA representatives will join the SIGMAA and that SIGMAA officers will attend the meetings of the Committee. This SIGMAA will also aim to contribute to the work of other MAA committees whose charges concern statistics education. Examples include the Committee on the Undergraduate Program in Mathematics and the Committee on Professional Development. This SIGMAA will also seek to work closely with the analogous group within the American Statistical Association - its Section on Statistics and Data Science Education, and with similar groups committed to statistics education within other organizations.
    • b. No activity of this SIGMAA, including publications, shall be represented as coming from the MAA at large, but rather from this SIGMAA, unless such activity and representation have been approved by the Executive Committee of the MAA. c. Reports of this SIGMAA's activities shall be included in an annual report submitted by the SIGMAA to the MAA Committee on SIGMAAs, with copies to the chair of the Coordinating Council to which the SIGMAA is assigned.