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“Pietro the Weather Tortoise” wins early-career writing prize

Can a pet tortoise predict when it’s about to rain? An article that sets out…

Brian TarranJuly 12, 2021

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Finalists announced for 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing

Today we are announcing the finalists of the 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing,…

Brian TarranJuly 8, 2021

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Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced

Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award…

Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2020

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Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020

We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…

Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020

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Finding Nightingale: Introducing our April 2020 special issue

Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86. Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet.…

Brian TarranMarch 23, 2020

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A World War II investigation, updated for the modern era

Brian TarranOctober 9, 2019

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Significance at the RSS Conference

Significance is in Belfast from 2-5 September for the 2019 RSS Conference. As part of…

Brian TarranAugust 30, 2019

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Podcast series: Significance + Stats and Stories at JSM

For this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, Significance was delighted to partner with the Stats and…

Brian TarranAugust 12, 2019

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Significance at the Joint Statistical Meetings

Significance is currently in Denver, Colorado, for the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. We have a…

Brian TarranJuly 27, 2019

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Winner announced for early-career writing award

UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…

Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019

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Evidence of uncertainty: An introduction to our April 2019 special issue

In the heyday of television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science seemed not…

Brian TarranApril 2, 2019

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Enter our 2019 writing competition for early-career statisticians

Are you an early-career statistician with a statistical story to tell? If so, we invite…

Brian TarranFebruary 1, 2019

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A very merry crossword

Nothing says "Christmas" quite like the arrival of the Royal Statistical Society's fiendishly difficult quiz. But…

Brian TarranDecember 19, 2018

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NYU’s Letisha Smith wins 2018 writing competition

Letisha Smith, of New York University, was last night announced as the winner of the…

Brian TarranJune 25, 2018

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Greece’s former national statistician is heading back to court

Andreas Georgiou, Greece’s former national statistician, once again faces trial on charges of inflating the…

Brian TarranMay 16, 2018

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Enter our writing competition for early-career statisticians

Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to write data-driven stories in an entertaining…

Brian TarranMarch 20, 2018

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Don’t miss Significance at the RSS Conference in Glasgow

We’re heading to Glasgow this week for the Royal Statistical Society’s annual conference, and there…

Brian TarranSeptember 4, 2017

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Trials of a statistician, continued

Just over a week ago now, on the morning of Monday 31 July, Andreas Georgiou stood up…

Brian TarranAugust 8, 2017

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Don’t miss our JSM session, “Essential skills for communicating statistics”

Later this week, Significance will be heading to Baltimore, Maryland, to join the thousands of statisticians…

Brian TarranJuly 25, 2017

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And the winner of our 2017 writing competition is…

Judging took place last month for our writing competition for early-career statisticians. It was the…

Brian TarranJuly 4, 2017