This volume brings together a selection of papers presented at the scientific conference of the ASA (Association for Applied Statistics), held in Rome from 18 to 20 September 2024. It retains the title of the conference, “Measuring and Interpreting World Changes with Statistics, Data Science and AI.”

This volume was annexed as a supplement of the volume 37-2 (2025) of the scientific journal Statistica Applicata – Italian Journal of Applied Statistics. Scholars can freely download the articles in an open access format, with the only obligation to cite the paper, possibly as follows:

Author(s) (Year). Paper title. In L.S. Alaimo, F. Crescenzi, L. Fabbris, F. Maggino (eds.), Measuring and Interpreting World Changes with Statistics, Data Science and AI. Book of Short Papers of the ASA Rome Conference (pages). Firenze: FUP - Firenze University Press.

• Determinants of cooperation among hotels in Venice: A network approach
  Viviana Amati, Anna Moretti, Rebecca Micol Finzi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0072

• Modelling default risk in Italian SMEs: A spatial probit approach
  Emanuele Amoruso, Emma Bruno, Rosalia Castellano, Gennaro Punzo
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0073

• The influence of UNESCO sites on tourism demand and supply: Insights from Italian regions
  Fabrizio Antolini, Samuele Cesarini, Ivan Terraglia
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0074

• “Inhumane”: Quantitative textual analysis of a qualitative survey on gender violence among victims of international human trafficking
  Micaela Arcaio, Federica Barbaro, Anna Maria Parroco
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0075

• Keyword-enhanced summarization from scientific literature through an integrated approach
  Massimo Aria, Corrado Cuccurullo, Luca D’Aniello, Michelangelo Misuraca, Maria Spano
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0076

• A composite indicator to measure attitude towards sustainable tourism by European citizens
  Francesca Bassi, Manuela Scioni
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0077

• Data quality assessment framework for composite indicator construction: An application to service delivery
  Francesca Bassi, Hillary Muhanguzi, Manuela Scioni
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0078

• Exploring art market trends: A Delphi study on collectible design
  Laura Benedan, Federica Codignola, Carlotta Galeone, Paolo Mariani
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0079

• Resilience versus depression of Italian youth after the COVID-19 pandemic
  Luigi Bollani, Clelia Cascella, Luigi Fabbris
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0080

• Trust in health science and organizations in Italy during the Covid-19 pandemic
  Luigi Bollani, Luigi Fabbris
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0081

• Artificial intelligence and future scenarios: Preliminary results from an application on family policies in north-eastern Italy
  Mario Bolzan, Yuri Calleo, Simone Di Zio, Marco Marozzi, Manuela Scioni
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0082

• A non-parametric test for comparative evaluations of students’ performances
  Stefano Bonnini, Michela Borghesi, Massimiliano Giacalone, Gianfranco Piscopo
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0083

• An empirical analysis of various methods for making inferences with non-probability samples
  Lisa Braito, Emilia Rocco
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0084

• A statistical approach for the predictive analysis of insolvency in Italy
  Eugenio Brentari, Gloria Ermici, Andrea Zanetti
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0085

• An innovative point of view for statistical dissemination to prevent road accidents using the 'collision matrix'
  Marco Broccoli, Silvia Bruzzone
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0086

• A new algorithm for the correction and control of road accidents data based on string similarities
  Silvia Bruzzone, Luca Valentino, Diego Moretti, Massimo Tavanti, Francesca De Blasi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0087

• Advancing spatial scenarios adopting generative pre-trained transformers and text-to-image models
  Yuri Calleo, Francesco Pilla, Simone Di Zio
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0088

• Enhancing mobility and tourism through data analytics and generative AI
  Denis Cappellari, Glauco Mantegari, Bruno Zamengo
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0089

• An innovative approach for the analysis of socio-economic phenomena at sub-municipal level: The Household Deprivation Study project
  Giancarlo Carbonetti, Flavio Biasciucci, Andrea Cutillo, Matteo Mazziotta, Valeria Quondamstefano, Debora Tronu
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0090

• Volatility decomposition of traffic flow time series with complex seasonality using GARCH models
  Maurizio Carpita, Rodolfo Metulini, Manlio Migliorati
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0091

• Economic well-being of households and attractiveness of territories: The case of Italian large municipalities
  Sara Casacci
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0092

• An application of the partial credit model to measure the resilience of Italian young adults in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic
  Clelia Cascella, Luigi Bollani, Luigi Fabbris
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0093

• Data science approaches to the study of multimorbidity patterns at older ages
  Niccolò Caselli, Linh Hoang Khanh Dang, Rosella Rettaroli, Rossella Miglio
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0094

• Analysing fan engagement and sentiment on social media following Bologna FC's 2023/2024 Champions League qualification
  Giulia Cavrini, Agostino Stavolo
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0095

• Text mining of tourist reviews: Sentiment analysis and trends in the Apulian tourism
  Dario Centorame, Giovanni Pino, Annalina Sarra, Eugenia Nissi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0096

• An exploratory analysis of the comments from the Istat’s household budget survey questionnaires for designing an App
  Elena Cezza, Gabriella D’Ambrosio, Loredana De Gaetano, Edoardo Raimondi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0097

• Combining expert knowledge and data-driven classification to support prediction and validation of census population counts
  Angela Chieppa, Antonella Bernardini, Nicoletta Cibella, Fabrizio Solari
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0098

• The “group approach” versus the “inverted cascade approach” for calculating the super-dividend test of holding entities
  Antares D’Achille, Fiorella Boscaino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0099

• Migration as a diffusion process: The case of Bologna municipality
  Ida D’Attoma, Camila Cid, Giorgio Tassinari
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0100

• Users beyond “boundaries”: Recent experiences of promoting statistical literacy by Istat at the territorial level among non-regular data users
  Silvia Da Valle, Susi Osti, Lorena Carmen Maria Viviano
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0101

• Conceptualizing and measuring educational poverty through family, school, and environmental opportunities
  Cristina Davino, Antonio De Falco, Rosa Fabbricatore, Marco Gherghi, Rosaria Romano
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0102

• The Italian NEETs after the COVID-19: What should we expect for the future? Different approaches to forecasts
  Giovanni De Luca, Antonella Rocca, Paolo Mazzocchi, Claudio Quintano
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0103

• AI and geostatistics: innovative solutions for reducing and storing CO2
  Angela Maria Digrandi, Pasquale Cimmino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0104

• Leveraging Industry 5.0 for official business statistics innovation
  Diego Distefano, Paola Bosso, Giovanni Gualberto Di Paolo, Pasquale Papa
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0105

• Future orientation and psychological and social capital of Italian young adults
  Angela Maria D’Uggento, Luigi Fabbris
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0106

• Travel and vacations of Italian senior tourists
  Angela Maria D’Uggento, Francesco Domenico d’Ovidio, Claudia Marin, Ilaria Pepe, Ernesto Toma
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0107

• It’s how you use the items that counts: An intelligent procedure for item selection in item response theory
  Ottavia M. Epifania, Pasquale Anselmi, Egidio Robusto
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0108

• School socioeconomic status and students’ achievements: Exploring territorial heterogeneity through a multilevel regression discontinuity approach
  Rosa Fabbricatore, Pasquale Sannino, Cristina Davino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0109

• Capacity to aspire in high school students: Theoretical definition and measurement
  Rosa Fabbricatore, Rosaria Romano, Cristina Davino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0110

• Improving online misogyny detection: The role of human annotation and explanation-guided learning
  Lara Fontanella, Alex Cuccoa, Emiliano del Gobbo, Elisa Ignazzi, Sara Fontanella
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0111

• The evolution of Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI): A preliminary systematic literature review
  Agostino Gnasso, Massimo Aria
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0112

• Innovative ER solutions: Using data to drive operational success
  Maria Gabriella Grassia, Dario Sacco, Simone Paesano, Federica Dagostino, Angela Annachiarico, Valentina Di Palma
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0113

• Responsible AI/ML implementation in official statistics: A framework for decision-making
  Gerarda Grippo, Alessandra Righi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0114

• Copula functions and dynamic hydrological data: The case of Scotland
  Sara S. Guerini, Luigi Spezia
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0115

• AI-generated sentiment in state-space models for Toyota Camry US volume sales forecasting
  Domenica Fioredistella Iezzi, Roberto Monte, Daniele Pasquini
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0116

• Modeling virality in social media
  Domenica Fioredistella Iezzi, Roberto Monte, Daniele Pasquini
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0117

• Organizational flexibility measures: Remote working at the Italian National Institute of Statistics
  Chiara Limiti, Giuseppina Sola
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0118

• Improving information on labour demand for decision-making by integrating traditional surveys, administrative sources, and web-based data
  Annalisa Lucarelli, Alessandra Righi, Roberta Rizzi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0119

• Early detection of university dropouts: An experiment using video-lectures access data
  Maria Cristiana Martini
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0120

• Statistical indicators for the analysis of social sustainability and human well-being
  Antonella Massari, Paola Perchinunno, Samuela L'Abbate, Domenico Leogrande, Lucia Mongelli
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0121

• Health and discrimination among refugees in Germany
  Daria Mendola, Annalisa Busetta
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0122

• Estimating overdispersion in non-transformed scores of ANVUR’s department ranking procedure: A Beto-multinomial model
  Giorgio E. Montanari, Marco Doretti
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0123

• Design of a test for assessing teamwork and collaborative skills with competence-based knowledge space theory
  Federica Morleo, Alessandra Vitanza, Pasquale Anselmi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0124

• Efficiency of Italian courts: Awareness from spatial stochastic frontier analysis
  Eugenia Nissi, Annalina Sarra, Adelia Evangelista, Tonio Di Battista
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0125

• Campanian healthcare facilities under the microscope: Reviews, polarity, and georeferencing
  Simone Paesano, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marina Marino, Rocco Mazza, Dario Sacco, Agostino Stavolo
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0126

• Markov switching autoregressive models and Bayesian hydrology
  Roberta Paroli, Luigi Spezia
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0127

• Collecting ADS-B data for timely production of air traffic statistics
  Samanta Pietropaoli, Massimiliano Amarone
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0128

• A statistical approach to measuring the impact of medication use on the lived experience of patients with inflammatory bowel disease
  Alfonso Piscitelli, Angela Maria D’Uggento, Elena Equatore, Maria Beatrice Principi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0129

• Artificial intelligence in support of accessibility: The Brain-friend device
  Vito Santarcangelo, Saverio Gianluca Crisafulli, Massimiliano Giacalone, Gianfranco Piscopo, Emilio Massa, Sergio Vitullo, Davide Scintu, Angelo Romano, Girolamo Radosti
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0130

• Combining textual analysis and IRT to interpret the students’ voice
  Annalina Sarra, Lara Fontanella, Adelia Evangelista, Tonio Di Battista
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0131

• Exploring teachers’ professional identity: A case study utilizing structural equation modeling and text mining in a multimodal approach
  Annalina Sarra, Maila Pentucci, Lara Fontanella
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0132

• Selecting sample households with high quality addresses for population census: Problems for field survey network, but bias in the estimates?
  Emanuela Scavalli
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0133

• Statistical analysis of smartphone mobility data for air quality assessment
  Muhammad Haroon Shaukat, Francesco Finazzi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0134

• The combination of expert knowledge and Bayesian networks to identify the relevant factors in diabetic kidney disease (DKD)
  Debora Slanzi, Irene Poli, Roger D. Jones, Gert Mayer
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0135

• Understanding consumer behavior in the plant-based meat market: Insights from Bayesian network analysis
  Debora Slanzi, Pietro Lanzini, Francesca Checchinato, Cinzia Colapinto
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0136

• Exploring childfree and childless on social media: A text analysis approach
  Agostino Stavolo, Giulia Cavrini, Elisa Cisotto, Marina Marino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0137

• Mass tourism and local housing: An exploratory textual analysis
  Agostino Stavolo, Rosanna Cataldo, Maria Gabriella Grassia, Marina Marino
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0138

• Multiverse analysis: Heuristic for multi-model inference or theory of the model error?
  Venera Tomaselli, Giulio Giacomo Cantone
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0139

• From crisis to crisis: Mapping material deprivation in the EU through the 2000s
  Susanna Traversa, Enrico Ivaldi
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0140

• The effect of user web journey on browsing behaviour and buying attitude: The case of Sunweb.nl
  Furio Urso, Nicola Argentino, Antonino Abbruzzo, Reza Mohammadi, Kevin Pak, Maria Francesca Cracolici
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0141

• Geography of business alliances and spatial network complexity: The backbone of formal collaboration agreements
  Andrea Enrico Vurro, Alessio Bumbea, Annamaria Giuffrida, Andrea Mazzitelli, Giuseppe Espa
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0142

• Spatial analysis of climate change awareness across countries
  Gianpaolo Zammarchi, Paolo Maranzano
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0143

• Future scenarios: A financial network analysis of stock prices in emerging metaverse market
  Emma Zavarrone, Alessia Forciniti
  [PDF] doi.org/10.26398/asaproc.0144