"Big reputation, big reputation, ooh you and me we’ve got big reputations." Taylor Swift released her…
Jennifer SnapeOctober 16, 2018
On the morning of 8 November 2016, many Americans went to bed confident that Hillary…
Josh Pasek and Michael TraugottSeptember 27, 2018
Mats Järlström is an engineer. He repaired aircraft for the Swedish Air Force and designed…
Nick ThiemeSeptember 17, 2018
In 2012, the Harvard Business Review declared data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st…
Jordi PratsAugust 21, 2018
Voting intention polls appear to have an accuracy problem. The UK House of Lords recently…
Timothy Martyn HillAugust 7, 2018
Our August 2018 cover story celebrates the 25th anniversary of the creation of R, the…
Brian TarranJuly 11, 2018
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
Plans to dismantle Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics (PRIS) have been altered at the 11th…
Brian TarranJuly 3, 2018
Fitbit, Garmin and other consumer heart-rate monitors are increasingly being used in clinical trials. The…
TimJune 22, 2018
Puerto Rico's senators have approved a plan to dismantle the island's independent Institute of Statistics (PRIS).…
Brian TarranApril 9, 2018
I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…
Brian TarranApril 6, 2018
Facebook makes most of its money from advertising, and – as the Cambridge Analytica scandal…
Gráinne Maedhbh Nic LochlainnApril 5, 2018
On 4 September 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as “William…
Shomoita Alam and James HanleyFebruary 22, 2018
I found Simon Raper's article, "The shock of the mean", on the history of the arithmetic…
Stephen PortnoyFebruary 20, 2018
Four years ago, Russia hosted the Sochi Winter Olympics. Today, as the 2018 Games get…
Ray StefaniFebruary 9, 2018
Puerto Rico is in bad shape. Its government is burdened by a debt of $70…
Robert Langkjær-BainFebruary 2, 2018
Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…
Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018
“Best fit” line is one of the misleading terms that confuse occasional users of statistics.…
Allan ReeseJanuary 24, 2018
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
