Photo by Mark Cruz on UnsplashThe saying goes that “probabilities are counter-intuitive”. A simple problem…
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Our latest 'Ask a statistician' question received not one but two different solutions. We published…
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When FiveThirtyEight editor Nate Silver predicted in June that Donald Trump had a 20 per…
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The late Chris Brasher, founder of the London Marathon, described the event as the ‘Suburban…
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The FIFA World Cup is just round the corner, kicking off in mid-June and ending…
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A friend pointed me to this story about the average number of men (or rather…
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Solly Zuckerman (pictured) was meticulous in measuring things to assemble evidence when there was none,…
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115 Roman Catholic cardinals have been having an almighty lock-in to decide who will be…
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The idea of red-shirted characters being frequently killed in Star Trek: The Original Series has…
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McDonald's are once again running their Monopoly promotion, where along with your food you can…
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