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Does Taylor Swift have a big (and bad) reputation? Twitter scraping using R

"Big reputation, big reputation, ooh you and me we’ve got big reputations." Taylor Swift released her…

Jennifer SnapeOctober 16, 2018

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Why my father had to defend decades’ worth of data in court

Back in the 1990s, British miners were fighting for compensation for diseases linked to coal…

Jonny JacobsenOctober 8, 2018

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You can trust the polls in 2018, if you read them carefully

On the morning of 8 November 2016, many Americans went to bed confident that Hillary…

Josh Pasek and Michael TraugottSeptember 27, 2018

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The curious case of Mats Järlström

Mats Järlström is an engineer. He repaired aircraft for the Swedish Air Force and designed…

Nick ThiemeSeptember 17, 2018

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R book review: Two approaches to learning data science

In 2012, the Harvard Business Review declared data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st…

Jordi PratsAugust 21, 2018

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Forecast error: Are polls getting worse at predicting elections?

Voting intention polls appear to have an accuracy problem. The UK House of Lords recently…

Timothy Martyn HillAugust 7, 2018

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The pick of R packages

Our August 2018 cover story celebrates the 25th anniversary of the creation of R, the…

Brian TarranJuly 11, 2018

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Cargo-cult statistics and scientific crisis

Poor practice is catching up with science,1-3 manifesting in part in the failure of results…

Philip B. Stark and Andrea SaltelliJuly 5, 2018

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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

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How reliable is your wearable heart-rate monitor?

Fitbit, Garmin and other consumer heart-rate monitors are increasingly being used in clinical trials. The…

TimJune 22, 2018

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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

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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

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Facebook data harvesting: what you need to know

Facebook makes most of its money from advertising, and – as the Cambridge Analytica scandal…

Gráinne Maedhbh Nic LochlainnApril 5, 2018

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and family

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Betting on a royal birth: how many babies will be born the same day?

On 4 September 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as “William…

Shomoita Alam and James HanleyFebruary 22, 2018

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The shock of the mean: a missing element

I found Simon Raper's article, "The shock of the mean", on the history of the arithmetic…

Stephen PortnoyFebruary 20, 2018

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Anti-doping efforts, Russia’s medals and Olympic athletics winners post-1988

Four years ago, Russia hosted the Sochi Winter Olympics. Today, as the 2018 Games get…

Ray StefaniFebruary 9, 2018

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Data, debt and disaster – and a fight for independence – in Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico is in bad shape. Its government is burdened by a debt of $70…

Robert Langkjær-BainFebruary 2, 2018

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Visualising ages and life trajectories of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…

Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018

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Graphical interpretations of data: Walking the line

“Best fit” line is one of the misleading terms that confuse occasional users of statistics.…

Allan ReeseJanuary 24, 2018

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Brexit: Britain has spoken… or has it?

The “Brexit” referendum on the United Kingdom’s membership of the European Union (EU) took place…

Nicholas Donaldson, Nora Donaldson and Grace YangJanuary 5, 2018