Today we are announcing the finalists of the 2021 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing,…
Brian TarranJuly 8, 2021
We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…
Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020
Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86. Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet.…
Brian TarranMarch 23, 2020
Significance is in Belfast from 2-5 September for the 2019 RSS Conference. As part of…
Brian TarranAugust 30, 2019
For this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, Significance was delighted to partner with the Stats and…
Brian TarranAugust 12, 2019
Significance is currently in Denver, Colorado, for the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. We have a…
Brian TarranJuly 27, 2019
UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…
Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019
In the heyday of television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science seemed not…
Brian TarranApril 2, 2019
Are you an early-career statistician with a statistical story to tell? If so, we invite…
Brian TarranFebruary 1, 2019
Nothing says "Christmas" quite like the arrival of the Royal Statistical Society's fiendishly difficult quiz. But…
Brian TarranDecember 19, 2018
Letisha Smith, of New York University, was last night announced as the winner of the…
Brian TarranJune 25, 2018
Andreas Georgiou, Greece’s former national statistician, once again faces trial on charges of inflating the…
Brian TarranMay 16, 2018
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to write data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranMarch 20, 2018
We’re heading to Glasgow this week for the Royal Statistical Society’s annual conference, and there…
Brian TarranSeptember 4, 2017
Just over a week ago now, on the morning of Monday 31 July, Andreas Georgiou stood up…
Brian TarranAugust 8, 2017
Later this week, Significance will be heading to Baltimore, Maryland, to join the thousands of statisticians…
Brian TarranJuly 25, 2017
Judging took place last month for our writing competition for early-career statisticians. It was the…
Brian TarranJuly 4, 2017
The June 2017 issue of Significance is out now in digital formats. In this issue,…
Brian TarranJune 12, 2017
