[From Dave Giles’ blog Econometrics Beat]  The American Statistical Association announced several new initiatives to enhance reproducibility at its flagship journal, the Journal of the American Statistical Association (JASA).  In addition to requiring submitters to provide data and code, JASA has created a new associate editor position titled Associate Editor for Reproducibility (AER). The AER will be involved with the review of manuscripts, and will evaluate the “usability of the code and data by others who might seek to reproduce the work.” To read more, click here.