The percentages of female nominees have been Table 7—Percentage of Successful
slightly below the reference percentages for three of
ASA Fellow Nominations, by Gender
the six years, and substantially below in 2009.
Year Female Male
The counts and percentages by gender of ASA
Fellow awards in 2004–2009 are presented in Table
2004 92.9 70.5
6, and the counts are presented in Figure 5. 2005 62.5 63.1
2006 44.0 57.0
2007 63.6 45.9
Table 6—Counts and Percentages of
ASA Fellow Awards, by Gender
2008 68.8 54.5
2009 58.3 60.2
Year Female Male Total
2004 13 (23.2) 43 (76.8) 56
2005 15 (26.8) 41 (73.2) 56
2006 11 (18.3) 49 (81.7) 60
2007 14 (23.7) 45 (76.3) 59
2008 11 (20.8) 42 (79.2) 53 n
t
2009 7 (12.3) 50 (87.7) 57
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Figure 6. % of successful ASA Fellow nominations,
by gender
Year
Conclusion
The number of Fellow nominations from a given
employment sector or gender is a key factor in
determining the number of awards from that sec-
Figure 5. % of ASA Fellows awarded, by gender
tor. The other obvious key factor is the quality of
the nominations. To increase the number of Fellow
awards in the business/industry employment sec-
The percentages of female Fellow awardees have
tor or in the female gender to achieve parity in the
been generally reflective of the reference percentages
percentages of awards relative to the percentages of
for all but 2009. As shown in Table 7 and Figure
ASA membership (see figures 2 and 5), the number
6, the decline in the percentage of female Fellow
of nominations from business/industry and females
awardees in 2009 is due to the lower percentage
needs to increase, and these nominations need to be
of female Fellow nominations. For nominees, the
of good quality.
chance of success is about the same for each gender.
The ASA Fellow award is a significant recogni-
tion of contributions to the statistics profession,
and one that should reflect the constituency of
the membership of the ASA. If you or others you
know of are deserving of this award, participate in
and encourage others to participate in the award
nomination process. n
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