Returning to schools and universities in the time of coronavirus: some statistical suggestions
Pupils returned to school in England, Wales and Northern Ireland after the summer break mainly…
Giovanni Sebastiani and Julian StanderOctober 7, 2020
Significance Research Briefs: submissions wanted
In 2019, Significance is looking to introduce a new regular feature that offers readers a…
The joy of clustering
In April 2014, FiveThirtyEight published a statistical analysis of the paintings of Bob Ross. Journalist…
Samantha TynerNovember 11, 2015
Does Christmas really come earlier every year?
It has become something of a cliché to remark upon the ever earlier arrival of…
Nathan CunninghamNovember 11, 2014
Classifying Higher Education Institutions
A few weeks ago ('Is social segregation rising across English universities?') we looked at how…
Andrew McCullochApril 12, 2013
Why do government ministers send their kids to private schools?
News reports indicate that British Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg will send his eldest son to a top comprehensive school…
Andrew McCullochMarch 19, 2013
