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LATEST ISSUE
January 2026 volume 23 issue 1
NOTEBOOK
News
U-shaped happiness curve, the “Huber mean”, autism-biome studies, ONS cuts and more
Puzzle
The 2025 Ryder Cup
Plus the solution to “Play or pass”
Editorial
Happy new year!
PERSPECTIVES
Leadership skills for statisticians and data scientists
How to step away from the spreadsheet and become a leader
Bad stats
This issue: choosing the best model is hard
Cartoon & From the archive
Book review
Speak Data by Giorgia Lupi and Phillip Cox, reviewed by Nicola Rennie
Letters
Significance readers respond
Crossword
Jane Austen, by Sam Buttrey. Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword
STATSCOMM
Medicine labelling
How efficacy descriptions could be improved
FEATURES
Does Santa Claus exist?
Will a statistical analysis of gift choices tell us the truth?
Taylor Swift’s “Eras” wardrobe
Two fans explore links between costume colour and the pop superstar’s setlist
LLM “metalinguistic” capabilities
An overview of the latest AI talking point
Mass shootings
Exploring the impact of mental health and gun ownership on the frequency of deadly events
Climate change: pattern scaling
An explainer
Education “miracles”
Why we must take tales of dramatic improvement with a pinch of statistical salt
PROFILES
Questions answered
PROFILES
Meet ANZJS editor-in-chief Samuel Muller
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