The lab of the thinking dead
This is a Halloween statistical tale. Believe me, it will scare you. It's about a…
Jordi PratsOctober 31, 2012
Sky-high? Your risks when taking a freefall
Last weekend Felix Baumgartner set a world record for the highest ever skydive, casually hopping…
A randomized trial of ‘free market’ capitalism
I currently teach at The Silberman School of Social Work at Hunter College located in…
Michael A. LewisOctober 1, 2012
Does patient satisfaction equal better health?
Customer satisfaction is a useful metric for business. The relationship between a positive customer experience…
Caroline LeopoldSeptember 13, 2012
Olympic medal count at Rio 2016: What to expect for the host nation, top nations and those sitting sports
The London Games have now come to an end and the city adjusts itself back to…
Ray StefaniSeptember 11, 2012
Does it rain in Manchester?
The Scottish poet, WD Cocker (1882 - 1970) is best known for 'The Deluge', a…
Andrew McCullochAugust 2, 2012
The rural revolution: how technology has changed farming
The BBC report today that "England could spice up its food production by growing more herbs…
Chris RhodesJuly 10, 2012
The OraQuick Test and HIV Screening
Last week, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved a revolutionary new over-the-counter HIV…
Graham WheelerJuly 6, 2012
Odd Statistical Snippet of the week: Voltaire and the statistician who won the lottery and proved that the earth is not round
I was listening with half an ear (as one does) to Melvyn Bragg’s academic-intellectual-historical-philosophical-scientific educate-us-all-in-things-that-every-civilised-person-ought-to-know-but-probably-doesn’t…
Julian ChampkinMay 4, 2012
Napoleon’s Russian Campaign – 200 years on
Historians this year will commemorate the bicentenary of Napoleon’s campaign in Russia in the War…
Michael MernaghMay 3, 2012
Defining athletes by statistics: the magical .300 batting average
In sports, athletes are often defined by their performance statistics. Sprinters are defined by their…
Jim AlbertApril 24, 2012
Burma: How poor? How repressive?
David Cameron has just returned from Burma, or Myanmar, the first-ever visit by a British…
Julian ChampkinApril 17, 2012
Titanic: did ‘women and children first’ cost lives?
‘Women and Children First!’ Alexander James Littlejohn was neither a woman nor a child, but…
Julian ChampkinApril 15, 2012
The colour of e-money
As the saying goes, "money talks". But money, and especially electronic money, does more than…
Jordi PratsApril 12, 2012
Google starts ranking journals
In a blog posted on April Fool's Day, Google announced a new feature to its…
Stephanie KovalchikApril 9, 2012
A bet on life: Irregular immigration
Year after year thousands of irregular immigrants from North and sub-Saharan Africa risk their lives…
Jordi PratsJanuary 31, 2012
An analytical look at religious background and residential segregation in Belfast
I was in Belfast, Northern Ireland, just before Christmas. It was the first time I had visited…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 9, 2012
Rape more common than smoking in the US
The United States is experiencing an epidemic of sexual violence. New findings from the National…
Stephanie KovalchikJanuary 6, 2012
Turkey, chickens, poetry… and statistics!
Every weekday on my way to university I walk past the US Consulate General in…
Jordi PratsNovember 25, 2011
The historical price of petrol – how bad do we have it?
Ministers this week debated whether the government should scrap a planned increase in fuel duty,…
Claire PackhamNovember 22, 2011
