In the five years prior to the 1 April 2010 US Decennial Census, there were…
Bill O'HareFebruary 11, 2016
"Over a third of students ‘no longer wish to study medicine’ amid the junior doctors’…
Robert FordJanuary 20, 2016
A 2.7GHz processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 500GB solid state drive that is almost…
Steven FurnellJanuary 12, 2016
In the second instalment of our new 'Ask A Statistician' column, Peter McIntyre, a pharmaceutical…
Brian TarranJanuary 5, 2016
Macaroons, Swedish Princess Cake, and… hemp-flavoured bread? These days a simple Victoria sponge won’t cut…
Annie HerbertDecember 11, 2015
Part of the job of a statistician is to make inferences about a population from…
Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderDecember 7, 2015
Before joining Significance, I spent more than a decade reporting on the market research and…
Brian TarranNovember 24, 2015
People often feel less safe when walking in the dark, for understandable reasons. It’s harder…
Brian TarranNovember 17, 2015
In April 2014, FiveThirtyEight published a statistical analysis of the paintings of Bob Ross. Journalist…
Samantha TynerNovember 11, 2015
Hurricane Patricia was the most powerful storm in recent history. But how do its 200mph…
Mario Cortina BorjaNovember 4, 2015
Is the Sage of Omaha an investment genius, or just incredibly lucky? In this winning…
James SkeffingtonNovember 3, 2015
Henry Cole, a 17-year-old student, asks: "Almost every day on the news there is a…
Brian TarranOctober 26, 2015
It’s the semi-final weekend in the Rugby World Cup (RWC), with South Africa, New Zealand,…
Niven WinchesterOctober 22, 2015
An Ethiopian woman sells crops in a crowded market. Farmers can now receive regular updates…
Claire MelamedOctober 20, 2015
Illustration: © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesA few years ago, former World Bank…
Ian PrestonOctober 13, 2015
The late Chris Brasher, founder of the London Marathon, described the event as the ‘Suburban…
Anthony HatswellOctober 6, 2015
In the absence of huge amounts of money, gaining a competitive edge in sport requires…
Oz FlanaganSeptember 30, 2015
Government statistical agencies often report official economic statistics as point estimates. Buried within the documents…
Charles ManskiSeptember 22, 2015
