Deutsche ArbeitsGemeinschaft STATistik
The Deutsche Arbeitsgemeinschaft Statistik (DAGStat) is a consortium of scientific societies and professional associations that regard the further development of statistical theory and methodology as their primary scope of duties.
The consortium's purpose is to offer a platform for joint activities and public relations. Consequently, there is the aspiration for a greater appreciation of statistics in science as well as in the public sector.
Statistics plays a key role in society and science. Statisticians are of importance whenever data is collected or experiments are planned or conducted. The wide range of applications and the versatility of the statistical sciences require cooperation and a productive academic exchange. This is one of the DADStat's tasks and purposes.
The DAGStat was founded in 2005. Its declared purpose is to bring together scientists working on statistical methods and to offer them an open and productive platform. Last but not least, the DAGStat strives to increase public awareness about statistics because sensible handling of data and data analysis belongs, according to the DAGStat, to the fundamental cultural skills of a citizen in today's information society, comparable with reading, writing and arithmetics.