Income inequality in Ireland from 1922 to 2009
I read and watched with interest the Beveridge Lecture given by Professor Danny Dorling at…
Michael MernaghFebruary 20, 2013
Keep your redshirt on: a Bayesian exploration
The idea of red-shirted characters being frequently killed in Star Trek: The Original Series has…
Football formulae: the maths behind the UEFA Champions League draw
The Round of 16 of the UEFA Champions League football tournament kicked off this week…
Michael WallaceFebruary 14, 2013
Does RIOT foretell the end of privacy?
As Valentine's Day nears, those of us who still have an empty dance card for…
Stephanie KovalchikFebruary 13, 2013
The Mid Staffordshire public inquiry and hospital death rates
The public inquiry into the Mid Staffordshire National Health Service Trust again raises the question…
Andrew McCullochFebruary 11, 2013
Now is the winter of our uncertainty made glorious summer by this sun of journalistic zeal
A skeleton in a 21st century car park. A king dragged off his horse and…
Julian ChampkinFebruary 8, 2013
What killed William Henry Harrison?
I listened to David Cannadine on Radio 4 a few weeks ago telling the story…
Andrew McCullochFebruary 6, 2013
George Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration
At New Year, I was reminded of how much heated argument can be generated when…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 21, 2013
Lance Armstrong, Oprah, seven in a row and the weather: when should we get suspicious?
Lance Armstrong has confessed to Oprah Winfrey that all seven of his Tour de France…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 18, 2013
Bizarre statistic: How much will vultures pay us a year?
A somewhat bizarre statistic heard on the radio this morning. The discussion was on the…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 14, 2013
RPI versus CPI: what’s the difference? Why does it matter? Will it make you poorer or richer?
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) is topping the headlines in all the UK media…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 10, 2013
150 years underground: Tube celebrates its sesquicentenary
Queen Victoria was on the throne, Abraham Lincoln was President of the United States of…
Abdel KhairounJanuary 10, 2013
The Welfare Benefits Up-rating Bill and its historical precedent
I paid close attention to the debate in the House of Commons yesterday when the…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 9, 2013
Ian McEwan sinks his Sweet Tooth into The Monty Hall Problem
During one of their Brighton rendezvouses, after a round of oysters and a second bottle…
Stephanie KovalchikJanuary 8, 2013
2013: Year of Statistics, hospitals, cows, and living to 100
Happy New Year. Especially (for a statistical site) because 2013 is, officially, the International Year…
Julian ChampkinJanuary 7, 2013
It’s a man’s world: gender imbalance in sports reporting
Sport is a man's world. At least that's the impression I get when I watch…
Linda WijlaarsDecember 5, 2012
Why do home teams win?
Everyone knows about the home team advantage in sports. For example, in my research in…
Jim AlbertNovember 13, 2012
Climate change and the assurance game: do we need a world government?
Residents of the Island of Manhattan in New York City are reminded that they live on a island…
Michael A. LewisNovember 13, 2012
New species of whale – first complete specimen identified
Last year we reported on the extinction of the Western Black Rhinoceros, and looked at the…
Julian ChampkinNovember 8, 2012
Is US unemployment really 7.9%?
At the time of writing and assuming we don’t have a repeat of Florida 2000,…
Michael A. LewisNovember 6, 2012
