It's been another year of strong submissions for the Young Statisticians Writing Competition - our…
Brian TarranJuly 14, 2015
There are many opportunities for us to make wrong decisions in life – whether it…
Brian TarranJune 16, 2015
One of the more interesting dynamics in British politics in recent years has been the…
Brian TarranApril 28, 2015
Credit: Jessica Seldon/DFID At the start of a disease outbreak, there is one statistic epidemiologists…
Brian TarranApril 20, 2015
We are heading for a general election here in the UK, which means the news…
Brian TarranApril 15, 2015
What do you get if you ask a Labour Party pollster and a Conservative Party…
Brian TarranMarch 18, 2015
For many of us, exams are unavoidable. Whether for school or work, we're expected to…
Brian TarranFebruary 4, 2015
Significance was launched in March 2004 with a clear remit: to demonstrate the importance of…
Brian TarranJanuary 28, 2015
You might not know David McCandless by name, but you'd recognise his work on sight:…
Brian TarranJanuary 12, 2015
The Significance team is about the head home for the Christmas holidays - but we…
Brian TarranDecember 22, 2014
What are the chances of a deadly meteor strike? It's a question that has concerned…
Brian TarranDecember 3, 2014
Tomorrow sees the release of The Imitation Game, a film chronicling the work of mathematician…
Brian TarranNovember 13, 2014
Do certain things happen because we expect them to happen? Jasper Fforde suggests so. The…
Brian TarranOctober 30, 2014
Shared and open data promise to create big opportunities for business, science and society -…
Brian TarranOctober 6, 2014
Welcome to the big data future. Correlation is in, causation is out. Old statistical sampling…
Brian TarranOctober 3, 2014
Statistics plays a role in all walks of life - including literature. So, for our…
Brian TarranSeptember 22, 2014
Not long after joining Significance, having taken up residence in the Royal Statistical Society's (RSS)…
Brian TarranSeptember 18, 2014
The winner of the Young Statisticians Writing Competition, jointly organised by Significance and the Young…
Brian TarranSeptember 3, 2014
