Governments in Africa have doubled ‘false news’ laws, to little effect. Another way is possible
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash In the five years after the world woke…
Peter Cunliffe-JonesJune 7, 2021
A perspective on real-time epidemic surveillance for Covid-19
United Nations COVID-19 ResponseEffective, real-time surveillance is key to the management of the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Off the “radar”? Here are some alternatives
grebeshkovmaxim/Bigstockphoto.comRadar charts, also called web charts, spider charts or star charts, are often used to…
Alexandre Morin-ChasséSeptember 24, 2020
Getting out of lockdown in the UK – slowly, with robust reporting standards, and important intelligence about new infections
Much is expected from the UK’s symptomatic Test and Trace system (sT&T), and all of us must…
Sheila M. BirdJune 16, 2020
Pandemics and exponential growth
Photo by Mihály Köles on UnsplashDuring his 26 March call into "The Sean Hannity Show"…
James J. CochranApril 21, 2020
LGBT+ resources for statisticians and data scientists
Photo by Steve Johnson on UnsplashIn professional and classroom settings, we strive to communicate the…
DonnaMay 30, 2019
Enter our 2019 writing competition for early-career statisticians
Are you an early-career statistician with a statistical story to tell? If so, we invite…
Brian TarranFebruary 1, 2019
You can trust the polls in 2018, if you read them carefully
On the morning of 8 November 2016, many Americans went to bed confident that Hillary…
Josh Pasek and Michael TraugottSeptember 27, 2018
Facebook data harvesting: what you need to know
Facebook makes most of its money from advertising, and – as the Cambridge Analytica scandal…
Gráinne Maedhbh Nic LochlainnApril 5, 2018
Statistical analysis, Strictly on request
I don’t watch Strictly Come Dancing, the BBC’s hit reality dance show. I have seen…
Brian TarranDecember 11, 2017
Picturing the Great Migration
This design essay is about the creation of two graphics for the October issue of…
RJ AndrewsNovember 21, 2017
The ambitions – and challenges – of the 2020 Census: An interview with John Thompson
Tuesday 9 May was a busy news day. In the space of a few hours,…
Brian TarranJuly 19, 2017
Teaching machines to understand – and summarize – text
We humans are swamped with text. It’s not just news and other timely information: Regular…
Karuna Pande Joshi and Tim FininJune 28, 2017
How data is transforming the music industry
Fifteen years ago, Steve Jobs introduced the iPod. Since then, most music fans have understood…
Brian MoonMay 24, 2017
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Who said it?
The Royal Statistical Society's Christmas Quiz is highly regarded for the level of challenge it…
Jim NortonDecember 19, 2016
Voting matters – August 2016 issue preview
Some readers may find it ironic that, less than two months after the UK voted…
Brian TarranAugust 9, 2016
Chilcot on Iraq’s civilian casualties
The chapter on civilian casualties in the Chilcot report is stuffed with interesting material to…
Michael SpagatJuly 12, 2016
