Template:Did you know nominations/Barbara A. Bailar

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The result was: promoted by Yoninah (talk) 13:34, 10 November 2017 (UTC)

Barbara A. Bailar[edit]

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... that Barbara A. Bailar resigned in 1988 from the United States Census Bureau to protest a decision not to adjust the 1990 results for systematic undercounting of minorities? Sources: "Barbara Bailar, a top census official, resigned in protest", "she quit her post ... because she believes Republicans in the Commerce Department have political motives in killing a plan to compensate for an expected severe undercount"
- ALT1:... that Barbara A. Bailar is the only person to have been both president and executive director of the American Statistical Association? Source: "She then served as ASA president in 1987, becoming the only person to serve as both president and executive director of the association"

Reviewed: San Francisco Bay Area

Created by David Eppstein (talk). Self-nominated at 23:59, 29 October 2017 (UTC).

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Everything looks great; nice work, David! I prefer the hook to the alternate, although either will work. Michael Barera (talk) 02:48, 3 November 2017 (UTC)