1. Senior Editors David Banks, Dan McCaffrey, Sally Morton, John Rolph Contributing Editor Andrew Gelman Statistics, Politics, and Policy Electronic Journal – first publications in late 2010

2. Statistics Politics & Policy Journal Purpose, Aims, and Scope Our Electronic Journal Aims Statistics Analog of sister bepress creation The Economists Voice Open avenues of communication between statisticians and policy makers Articles and Commentary on Current Issues from Statistical Perspective Accessible writing style-NYT, WSJ level for statistically oriented reader Advantages to Authors and Editors Rapid turnaround of submissions Immediate publication upon acceptance-no wait for journal issue Ease of Website software for editors and referees

3. Statistics Politics & Policy Journal Purpose, Aims, and Scope (continued) Articles Section Applying statistical concepts & methods to significant public policy issues Encourage discussants Commentary and Ideas Section Shorter, Accessible, Current, Opinion, Provocative, not necessarily research

4. Representative Articles and Commentary in SPP Articles The Spread of Evidence-Poor Medicine via Flawed Soicial-Network Analysis – Lyons: 2 discussions accepted Toward a Pragmatic Policy on Authorship - Alemayehu & Levenstein 2 discussions published Atmospheric Circulations Do Not Explain the Temperature-Industrial Correlation - McKitrick Using a Density-Variation/Compactness Measure to Evaluate Redistricting Plans for Partisan Bias and Responsiveness - Belin et al Commentary and Ideas A Snapshot of the 2008 Election – Gelman et al Reproducible Research: A Range of Response – Banks Statistics, Data and Controversy: Making Science Research Data Intelligible – Sedransk, Karr, Speigelman

5. SPP As a Vehicle To … Identify common problems that face different government agencies and policy areas Disseminate methodological advances in a manner that benefits both statistically-oriented researchers and policy- makers Provide a venue for open and accessible debate Communicate between different government sectors, academe and industry Record evidence of the contribution of statistics to policy