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| Formation | 1885 |
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| Type | Statistical society |
| Headquarters | The Hague, Netherlands |
President | Xuming He |
| Website | www |
The International Statistical Institute (ISI) is a professional association of statisticians. At a meeting of the Jubilee Meeting of the Royal Statistical Society, statisticians met and formed the agreed statues of the International Statistical Institute.[1] It was founded in 1885, although there had been international statistical congresses since 1853.[2] The institute has about 4,000 members from government, academia, and the private sector. The affiliated associations have membership open to any professional statistician.
The institute publishes a variety of books and journals, and holds an international conference every two years. The biennial convention was commonly known as the ISI Session; however, since 2011, it is now referred to as the ISI World Statistics Congress.[3] The permanent office of the institute is located in the Statistics Netherlands (CBS) building in the Leidschenveen-Ypenburg district of The Hague, in the Netherlands. It was established in 1913 to preserve documents and findings as well as publishing an international statistical yearbook periodically. The ISI does not disclose its membership fees until an applicant has created an account.
The ISI is built upon statutes that aim at establishing strong statistical relationships between countries through research, publications, and teachings by professional statisticians.[4] The ISI contains seven associations that each have their own form of government, specified journals, and tasks. Each association works individually, but also closely together to further obtain the ISI's goals.
The institute has also collaborated with the United Nations Statistical Commission over the years on numerous topics, as they have shared interests in the statistical community. These collaborations and overlaps have occurred most commonly over statistical ethics to be used worldwide, as well as having members be a part of both organizations at some point in time. [1]
- ^ Campion, H. (1949). "International Statistics". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 112 (2): 105–143. doi:10.2307/2981137. ISSN 0035-9238.
- ^ Nixon, J. W. (1960). "A History of the International Statistical Institute, 1885-1960" (PDF). International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original (PDF) on Sep 5, 2021.
- ^ "World Statistics Congresses". International Statistical Institute. Archived from the original on 10 May 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2016.
- ^ Campion, H. (1949). "International Statistics". Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A (General). 112 (2): 105–143. doi:10.2307/2981137. ISSN 0035-9238.