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Christmas Quiz 2024: Questions and puzzles to ponder over the festive season

How much attention have you been paying to the year’s most startling statistics? And do…

RSS teamDecember 18, 2024

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2024 writing competition: And the winner is…

We are delighted to announce that Joseph Lam is the winner of the 2024 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Judges…

Anna BrittenJuly 10, 2024

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2024 writing competition finalists announced

Finalists have now been selected for the 2024 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Throughout…

Anna BrittenJuly 1, 2024

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Post Office scandal: prosecutions data should have been a red flag

The ongoing Post Office Horizon IT Inquiry is finally revealing the faults and oversights that…

Sheila Bird and Mark HowarthMay 23, 2024

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Tell us a stats story! Enter the 2024 writing competition

The Significance Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing is a highlight of our calendar,…

Anna BrittenFebruary 1, 2024

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Significance announces new editorial board chair

Broadcaster, writer and comedian Timandra Harkness has become the new chair of the Significance editorial…

Anna BrittenJanuary 12, 2024

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Rugby World Cup 2023: Were the predictions right?

Rugby Vision is a suite of models that produces tournament forecasts and game-by-game predictions for…

Niven WinchesterNovember 14, 2023

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And the winner of the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing is…

It gives us great pleasure to announce that Robyn Goldsmith is the winner of the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career…

Anna BrittenJuly 7, 2023

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Shortlist announced for 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing

Judges have enjoyed reading another year of strong entries for the 2023 Statistical Excellence Award…

Anna BrittenJuly 4, 2023

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2022 Early Career Writing Award: And the winner is…

Rule changes in baseball are the focus of the winning article in the 2022 Statistical…

Anna BrittenJuly 14, 2022

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Finalists announced for 2022 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing

Today, Significance is delighted to announce the finalists of the 2022 Statistical Excellence Award for…

Anna BrittenJune 27, 2022

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Women of Significance?

Significance bills itself as “a magazine about statistics and data science, written by experts for…

Anna BrittenJune 14, 2022

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Meet the new editor of Significance: Anna Britten

As Significance editor Brian Tarran moves on after eight years and 47 issues, there's a…

Brian TarranJune 6, 2022

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Remembering Sir David Cox – a 12-page tribute in our April issue

Sir David Cox died on 18 January 2022 at the age of 97. News of…

Brian TarranApril 1, 2022

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Call for contributions: Women in Statistics and Data Science – A Special Issue

In support of the first Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science,…

Brian TarranMarch 8, 2022

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Enter our 2022 writing competition for early-career statisticians and data scientists

Data and statistics are helping people around the world chart a course through the Covid-19…

Brian TarranJanuary 26, 2022

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Significance puzzles

A list of "Probability puzzles" published in Significance. Problems are featured online and in print.…

Brian TarranJanuary 17, 2022

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Our most read articles of 2021

The Covid-19 pandemic has been the dominant story of 2021, much as it was in…

Brian TarranDecember 13, 2021

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What is risk know-how?

"Risk know-how is about informed decision-making. Every risk entails a trade-off with the benefits and…

Brian TarranNovember 30, 2021

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A call for contributions on Covid-19: looking back and looking forward

We are now more than 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the contributions…

Brian TarranSeptember 29, 2021