The South African Statistical Association and its role in science in South Africa
The South African Statistical Association (SASA) turned 70 years old in 2023, having made huge impacts in South Africa and beyond. Through SASA, the statistics community in South Africa has made significant strides in the field, both locally and internationally, ensuring the importance of the discipline is concreted into the academic and industry playing fields. The statistics community continues to grow and remains passionate about growth and development of school learners, undergraduate and postgraduate students, academics and statisticians in industry. The opportunities for statisticians in South Africa are endless, and important to the economic sustainability of South Africa. This paper provides an historical overview of the impacts of the South African Statistical Association and statistics in South Africa.
Authors
- Pravesh Debba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4870-988X)
- M. Booyse (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2710-5449)
- Tarylee Reddy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9521-2692)
- Christien Thiart (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2514-847X)
- Niël le Roux (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1791-746X)
- Delia North (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8073-5290)
- Neill Smit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4570-033X)
- Trevor Hastie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0164-3142)
- Thomas Farrar (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0744-6972)
- Gary D. Sharp (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0321-8067)
- Linda M. Haines (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8843-5353)
- Johan Ferreira (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5945-6550)
- Sugnet Gardner‐Lubbe (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2762-9944)
- Cornelis J. Potgieter (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1995-6817)
- Inger Fabris‐Rotelli (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2192-4873)
- Paul Fatti
- Rénette Blignaut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3150-6624)
- Liesl Morey
- Ansie Smit (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0315-0875)
- Ariane Neethling
- Roelof Coetzer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7505-3911)
- Yoko Chhana
- Ashwell Jenneker
Institutions
- South African Medical Research Council (ZA)
- Texas Christian University (US)
- University of Cape Town (ZA)
- Cape Peninsula University of Technology (ZA)
- University of the Witwatersrand (ZA)
- Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (ZA)
- Stellenbosch University (ZA)
- University of the Free State (ZA)
- North-West University (ZA)
- Geoterra Image (South Africa) (ZA)
- Agricultural Research Council of South Africa (ZA)
- University of Pretoria (ZA)
- University of the Western Cape (ZA)
- University of KwaZulu-Natal (ZA)
- Stanford University (US)
- Nelson Mandela University (ZA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- South African Journal of Science
- Published
- 2024-11-06
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2024/20284
- Primary Topic
- Medical Coding and Health Information
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts