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
Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced
Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award…
A World War II investigation, updated for the modern era
© IWM ( FLM 2000)"In the early morning of 13 June 1944, one week after…
Brian TarranOctober 9, 2019
Cooking up statistics: The science and the art
Photo by Gaelle Marcel on UnsplashLetisha Smith – winner of the 2018 Award for Statistical…
Letisha SmithJanuary 14, 2019
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
We, the millennials: The statistical significance of political significance
Kevin Lin, winner of the 2017 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing, explores political engagement…
Kevin LinNovember 29, 2017
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
Our 2017 writing competition is now open for entries
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranApril 4, 2017
Our 2017 writing competition is now open for entries
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranFebruary 20, 2017
A failure of prediction? – October 2016 issue preview
It was more than a decade ago, while working as a reporter on a market…
Brian TarranOctober 10, 2016
Adam Kashlak wins 2016 Young Statisticians Writing Competition
Adam Kashlak of the University of Cambridge has won the 2016 Young Statisticians Writing Competition,…
Brian TarranSeptember 8, 2016
Honey, I lost the kids: The undercount of young children in the US Decennial Census
In the five years prior to the 1 April 2010 US Decennial Census, there were…
Bill O'HareFebruary 11, 2016
Bourbaki’s theorem: a hoax math lecture
A couple years ago I wrote about an experiment where researchers had hired an actor…
Mikhail SimkinOctober 1, 2013
Do guns or people kill people?
In mid-September, the US witnessed yet another mass shooting. This time a gunman made his…
Michael A. LewisSeptember 24, 2013
Standing up for Science: beating the silence
There are a lot of scary things to face when doing a PhD: supervisor's ideas…
Linda WijlaarsJune 20, 2013
George Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration
At New Year, I was reminded of how much heated argument can be generated when…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 21, 2013
Public sector versus private sector – which really pays more?
One of the top news stories of this week has been the publication of findings…
Claire PackhamJuly 7, 2011
PhDs couldn’t tell an actor from a renowned scientist
Forty years ago, a singularly interesting lecture was held at the University of Southern California…
Mikhail SimkinJuly 4, 2011
