Brian Tarran, Author at Significance magazine

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Meet the new editor of Significance: Anna Britten

As Significance editor Brian Tarran moves on after eight years and 47 issues, there's a…

Brian TarranJune 6, 2022

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Remembering Sir David Cox – a 12-page tribute in our April issue

Sir David Cox died on 18 January 2022 at the age of 97. News of…

Brian TarranApril 1, 2022

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Call for contributions: Women in Statistics and Data Science – A Special Issue

In support of the first Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science,…

Brian TarranMarch 8, 2022

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Enter our 2022 writing competition for early-career statisticians and data scientists

Data and statistics are helping people around the world chart a course through the Covid-19…

Brian TarranJanuary 26, 2022

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Significance puzzles

A list of "Probability puzzles" published in Significance. Problems are featured online and in print.…

Brian TarranJanuary 17, 2022

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Our most read articles of 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the dominant story of 2021, much as it was in…

Brian TarranDecember 13, 2021

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What is risk know-how?

"Risk know-how is about informed decision-making. Every risk entails a trade-off with the benefits and…

Brian TarranNovember 30, 2021

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A call for contributions on Covid-19: looking back and looking forward

We are now more than 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the contributions…

Brian TarranSeptember 29, 2021

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References: “What’s both massive and slender, and thin but convincing?”

References for Rob Gandy's article, "What’s both massive and slender, and thin but convincing?", published…

Brian TarranSeptember 10, 2021

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“Pietro the Weather Tortoise” wins early-career writing prize

Can a pet tortoise predict when it’s about to rain? An article that sets out…

Brian TarranJuly 12, 2021

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Finalists announced for 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing

Today we are announcing the finalists of the 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing,…

Brian TarranJuly 8, 2021

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Nightingale’s overlooked Scutari statistics – full table

The table below is the full version of the edited table published as Table 1…

Brian TarranNovember 6, 2020

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Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced

Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award…

Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2020

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Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020

We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…

Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020

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Covid-19 index of articles

At this time of pandemic, the news media is flooded with reports of coronavirus cases,…

Brian TarranApril 9, 2020

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A history of the census: an interview with author Andrew Whitby

Welcome to another instalment of Significance magazine’s new “In conversation with…” series of audio interviews.…

Brian TarranApril 6, 2020

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Finding Nightingale: Introducing our April 2020 special issue

Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86. Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet.…

Brian TarranMarch 23, 2020

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In conversation with… Michael Wallace

Following our forays into podcasting last year, in 2020 we plan to bring you more…

Brian TarranJanuary 15, 2020

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A World War II investigation, updated for the modern era

Brian TarranOctober 9, 2019

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Opioids in the USA: Summary statistics

Editor's note: This table is published as supplementary material to the article "Opioids in the…

Brian TarranSeptember 11, 2019