Puerto Rico Statistics Institute

Ask your Professional Organization or Scientific Society to support strong governance and the autonomy and independence of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

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Have you already signed the petition as an individual? If not, click here to sign.  The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics (PRIS) continues to weaken as an institution and needs the scientific community and friends of Puerto Rico to take action. We invite you to sign this petition and to recruit your professional organization or scientific society to do the same. We have created this form so that professional organizations and scientific societies can join us in defending strong governance for PRIS.

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics continues to weaken

Submitted by Zulmarie Perez Horta and Carlos De Leon on 12 March 2019 - 10:50am

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Dear members of the scientific community and friends of Puerto Rico,

We want to draw your attention and invite you to take action on an urgent public policy issue: the continued weakening of the governance of the Puerto Rican Institute of Statistics (PRIS). We invite you to sign and share the petition below.

SIGN THE PETITION!

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Increasing Concerns About Appointments to the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics

Submitted by Carlos De Leon and Zulmarie Perez Horta on 10 January 2019 - 7:20pm

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The Puerto Rico Science Policy Action Network (PR-SPAN) and CienciaPR, the largest network of Puerto Rican scientists in the world, is echoing the concerns expressed by the American Statistical Association and the Association of Economists of Puerto Rico about recent appointments to the Board of Directors of the Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics and how these threaten the autonomy and integrity of the agency.

47 Scientific Organizations Urge Puerto Rico’s Governor Not to Dismantle Statistical Agency

Submitted on 8 May 2018 - 12:24am

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American Statistical Associations

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Hoy, 47 organizaciones científicas y profesionales estadounidenses e internacionales enviaron una carta al gobernador de Puerto Rico Ricardo Rosselló instándole a mantener el Instituto de Estadísticas de Puerto Rico (IEPR) autónomo e independiente. La carta es la más reciente muestra de apoyo para la única fuente independiente y dedicada de estadísticas de la isla caribeña.

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Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics will now manage Data.PR.gov

Submitted on 26 July 2015 - 8:56pm

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El Nuevo Día

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ELNUEVODIA.COM

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics will now be in charge of Data.PR.gov, the open data technology-based project of the Government of Puerto Rico. 

 

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Value of Puerto Rico's investment in research and development increases

Submitted on 26 November 2014 - 8:06pm

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Press Release Institute of Statistics of Puerto Rico

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Comunicado de Prensa

The Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics revealed the results of its 2012-2013 Science and Technology Survey: Research and Development (Encuesta sobre Ciencia y Tecnología 2012-13: Investigación y Desarrollo), the second time a survey using internationally-recognized definitions and methodology is done in the country.

 

The original version of this article is in Spanish. You can read it by clicking on ESPAÑOL at the top right of your screen.

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Survey of Science & Technology: Assessing the R&D ecosystem in Puerto Rico

Submitted by Jacqueline Flores Otero and Mónica Ivelisse Feliú-Mójer on 1 August 2011 - 12:00am

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Our society is at the cusp of a scientific revolution. The generation and application of knowledge and innovation have fundamentally changed the way we live and are a driving force in the global economy. For that reason many countries around the world, including Puerto Rico, are making a push to establish knowledge-based economies.

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