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Our regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups. This issue: randomised non-comparative trials

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Understanding the classic puzzle via a practical application for medicine

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Titanic survival   

New analysis challenges old assumptions about the famous tragedy

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The second in an occasional series of climate change explainers

Luck vs skill in prediction tournaments

Why don’t the best forecasters always win?

Winning on the golf course      

Does a third round lead always predict victory?

Mary Eleanor Spear

The career and legacy of a US government draftswoman turned data visualisation pioneer

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Meet the man behind the Mardia Prize

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