Archive A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers Photo by Isaac Quesada on UnsplashThe Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Ambassadors have collated an essential…RSS Statistical AmbassadorsApril 9, 2020
Archive Misunderstanding the global burden of alcohol Harmful alcohol consumption is known to cause several diseases and many deaths. A study published…Kari PoikolainenNovember 19, 2018
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Archive How to communicate the uncertainty in economic statistics Government statistical agencies often report official economic statistics as point estimates. Buried within the documents…Charles ManskiSeptember 22, 2015
Archive Is innovation faltering – or is GDP? In a recent New York Times column, economist Paul Krugman raises the spectre of a…Andrew WhitbyJune 23, 2015
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