Significance at the RSS Conference
Significance is in Belfast from 2-5 September for the 2019 RSS Conference. As part of…
Brian TarranAugust 30, 2019
Podcast series: Significance + Stats and Stories at JSM
For this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, Significance was delighted to partner with the Stats and…
Significance at the Joint Statistical Meetings
Significance is currently in Denver, Colorado, for the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. We have a…
Brian TarranJuly 27, 2019
Winner announced for early-career writing award
UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…
Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019
Oscar times and trend lines – online figures
Below are the two figures referenced in the letter "Oscar times and trend lines" by Jay…
Brian TarranJuly 3, 2019
Topics of interest for forthcoming issues
The Significance Editorial Board meets three times a year to discuss topics of interest for…
Brian TarranApril 23, 2019
Evidence of uncertainty: An introduction to our April 2019 special issue
In the heyday of television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science seemed not…
Brian TarranApril 2, 2019
Enter our 2019 writing competition for early-career statisticians
Are you an early-career statistician with a statistical story to tell? If so, we invite…
Brian TarranFebruary 1, 2019
Significance Research Briefs: submissions wanted
In 2019, Significance is looking to introduce a new regular feature that offers readers a…
Brian TarranJanuary 30, 2019
Past winners and finalists of the Significance/YSS writing competition
If you are thinking of entering our annual writing competition for early-career statisticians, we recommend…
Brian TarranJanuary 10, 2019
A very merry crossword
Nothing says "Christmas" quite like the arrival of the Royal Statistical Society's fiendishly difficult quiz. But…
Brian TarranDecember 19, 2018
Playing with risk
Imagine you hold three six-sided dice in your hand. Now throw them, and before they…
Brian TarranDecember 3, 2018
The pick of R packages
Our August 2018 cover story celebrates the 25th anniversary of the creation of R, the…
Brian TarranJuly 11, 2018
Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics wins a last-minute reprieve
Plans to dismantle Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics (PRIS) have been altered at the 11th…
Brian TarranJuly 3, 2018
NYU’s Letisha Smith wins 2018 writing competition
Letisha Smith, of New York University, was last night announced as the winner of the…
Brian TarranJune 25, 2018
Greece’s former national statistician is heading back to court
Andreas Georgiou, Greece’s former national statistician, once again faces trial on charges of inflating the…
Brian TarranMay 16, 2018
Senators vote in favour of plan to scrap Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics
Puerto Rico's senators have approved a plan to dismantle the island's independent Institute of Statistics (PRIS).…
Brian TarranApril 9, 2018
Letter in response to “Key decisions”, page 42, December 2017
I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…
Brian TarranApril 6, 2018
Enter our writing competition for early-career statisticians
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to write data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranMarch 20, 2018
Statistical analysis, Strictly on request
I don’t watch Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC’s hit reality dance show. I have seen…
Brian TarranDecember 11, 2017
