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Archive Statistics in court: An interview with a juror Statisticians have a crucial role to play in ensuring fairness and justice in the legal…Kelly H. ZouApril 9, 2019
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Archive Why my father had to defend decades’ worth of data in court Back in the 1990s, British miners were fighting for compensation for diseases linked to coal…Jonny JacobsenOctober 8, 2018
Archive R book review: Two approaches to learning data science In 2012, the Harvard Business Review declared data scientist “the sexiest job of the 21st…Jordi PratsAugust 21, 2018
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Archive Letter in response to “Key decisions”, page 42, December 2017 I usually enjoy Allan Reese’s columns on aspects of data graphics, but I was significantly less…Brian TarranApril 6, 2018
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Archive Graphical interpretations of data: Walking the line “Best fit” line is one of the misleading terms that confuse occasional users of statistics.…Allan ReeseJanuary 24, 2018
Archive The Promise: When truth overshadows power The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a prestigious event and a hot-spot for finding…Levon DemirdjianDecember 11, 2017
Archive Picturing the Great Migration This design essay is about the creation of two graphics for the October issue of…RJ AndrewsNovember 21, 2017
Archive Plastic bag charge: Measuring success In recent years, countries have passed legislation to charge shoppers for each new plastic bag…Ronan McAdamOctober 10, 2017
Archive Visualising regional data using the geofacet R package Spatial data make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the world. They allow us to…Stella Cangelosi, Luciana Dalla Valle and Julian StanderAugust 25, 2017