article Archives - Significance magazine

News

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

News

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

News

A World War II investigation, updated for the modern era

Brian TarranOctober 9, 2019

Archive

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

News

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

Archive

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

News

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

Archive

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

Archive

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

Archive

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

Archive

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

Archive

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

Archive

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

Archive

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