Getting more for less: Reflecting on the numbers in the IT revolution
A 2.7GHz processor, 16GB of RAM, and a 500GB solid state drive that is almost…
Steven FurnellJanuary 12, 2016
The 10 most-read articles of 2015
In a year that has seen Star Wars return to the big screen, it is…
Angus Deaton: a statistician’s economist
Illustration: © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesA few years ago, former World Bank…
Ian PrestonOctober 13, 2015
How has the sharing economy changed job security?
There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…
Ian BrinkleySeptember 3, 2015
How has the sharing economy changed job security?
There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…
Ian BrinkleySeptember 1, 2015
Who will win the Rugby World Cup?
As Yogi Berra, once said: ‘It's tough to make predictions, especially about the future’. Like…
Niven WinchesterAugust 27, 2015
Stories and statistics – August 2015 issue preview
In a 2010 New York Times column, mathematician John Allen Paulos wrote about stories and…
Brian TarranAugust 12, 2015
Has the hot hand effect finally been proven?
A popular belief among sportswriters and broadcasters says that a team that's been successful, should…
Phil BirnbaumAugust 3, 2015
Welcome to DotCity: a game about demography, built using R
Statisticians swear by R. The programming language is described by Tal Galili of the R-Statistics…
Brian TarranJuly 2, 2015
Tinkering with how we measure child poverty won’t help end it
There has been no real change in the proportion of children living in poverty in…
Jonathan BradshawJuly 1, 2015
Will this century see a devastating meteor strike?
On 30 June 1908, a meteor with a diameter of up to 180 metres exploded…
Brian TarranJune 30, 2015
Electoral bias in the UK after the general election
After the shock result of the UK’s 2015 general election, one could forgive Labour and…
Charles Pattie & Ron JohnstonJune 26, 2015
Duckworth-Lewis has had a good innings in cricket, is it time for it to retire?
The second one day cricket international between England and New Zealand was heading towards an…
Ian PrestonJune 19, 2015
Making mistakes, minimising error – June 2015 issue preview
There are many opportunities for us to make wrong decisions in life – whether it…
Brian TarranJune 16, 2015
Official stats mask extent of domestic violence in the UK
Research has found that the rate of violent crime is 60% higher than official statistics…
Sylvia WalbyJune 15, 2015
Is India’s heatwave a freak event?
A heatwave over India that started on May 21 and has produced India’s highest recorded…
Hugo WinterJune 2, 2015
Five things we learned at the RSS #immigrationfacts debate
One of the more interesting dynamics in British politics in recent years has been the…
Brian TarranApril 28, 2015
(Un)representative democracy: where are all the female candidates?
Image: Catherine Bebbington/Parliamentary Copyright. Parliamentary Copyright images are reproduced with the permission of Parliament.In a…
Mario Cortina BorjaApril 25, 2015
How many British immigrants are there in other countries?
The British public is obsessed with immigration. The notion of Johnny Foreigner coming over here,…
Oz FlanaganNovember 18, 2014
How theft and robbery have changed since the 90s
Contrary to popular opinion, we have witnessed a fall in many types of crime over…
Rebecca ThompsonOctober 21, 2014
