The ''Journal of the American Statistical Association'' is a quarterly

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published by Taylor & Francis on behalf of the American Statistical Association. It covers work primarily focused on the application of statistics, statistical theory and methods in

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, social, physical,

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, and

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sciences. The journal also includes reviews of books which are relevant to the field. The journal was established in 1888 as the ''Publications of the American Statistical Association''. It was renamed ''Quarterly Publications of the American Statistical Association'' in 1912, obtaining its current title in 1922.

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'', the journal has a 2023 impact factor of 3.0. In a 2003 survey of statisticians, the journal was ranked first in the category "Applications of Statistics" and second (after '' Annals of Statistics'') for "Mathematical Statistics".

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