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LATEST ISSUE
November 2024 volume 21 issue 5
NOTEBOOK
News
US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Meta LLM, Center for Data Innovation, ageing and more
Puzzle
A murder mystery evening
Plus the solution to “Klingons on the starboard bow?”
Editorial
It’s a jungle out there
PERSPECTIVES
History’s lessons for AI
How can AI developers learn from early statistics pioneers?
What’s in a name?
The winning entry in our writing competition explores data linkage with the help of Arnold Schwarzenegger
Bad stats
Our new regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups. This issue: Danish sunbathers and immortal time bias
Freedom of expression: our pledge
Book review
AI Snake Oil reviewed by Tom King
Letters
Feedback from Significance readers
Crossword
Full Circle, by Sam Buttrey. Plus the solution to last issue’s crossword
Questions answered
Ji-Hyun Lee, biostatistician and 2025 President of the ASA
STATSCOMM
Data visualisation guide: part 3
Visualisation types and accessibility
FEATURES
Uncovering Amazonia
Statistics helps discover the truth about ancient human life in the Amazon rainforest
The R number: so what did we learn?
The final instalment in our series by Gavin Freeguard on the pandemic’s famous epidemiological tool
Use of force in prisons
Exploring the rise in use of force in California’s high-security prisons
Helping the state lottery
What happened when a statistician spotted a mistake on the state lottery playslip?
Renewable energy
Could a statistical error be derailing our transition?
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