Archive Probability puzzle: Classroom bingo Photo by CDC on UnsplashA primary schoolteacher is playing a game with her class. She…Michael FletcherDecember 13, 2021
Archive Probability puzzle: Higher or lower? Once upon a time, Play Your Cards Right was a popular Australian and British TV…Michael FletcherAugust 11, 2021
News Finding Nightingale: Introducing our April 2020 special issue Florence Nightingale in bed at South Street in 1906, aged 86. Photographed by Elizabeth Bosanquet.…Brian TarranMarch 23, 2020
News Evidence of uncertainty: An introduction to our April 2019 special issue In the heyday of television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science seemed not…Brian TarranApril 2, 2019
Archive Significance Research Briefs: submissions wanted In 2019, Significance is looking to introduce a new regular feature that offers readers a…Brian TarranJanuary 30, 2019
Archive Senators vote in favour of plan to scrap Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics Puerto Rico's senators have approved a plan to dismantle the island's independent Institute of Statistics (PRIS).…Brian TarranApril 9, 2018
News And the winner of our 2017 writing competition is… Judging took place last month for our writing competition for early-career statisticians. It was the…Brian TarranJuly 4, 2017
News In our June issue: lessons from history, and bursting the big data bubble The June 2017 issue of Significance is out now in digital formats. In this issue,…Brian TarranJune 12, 2017
News Behind the scenes – February 2017 issue preview Search the Internet Movie Database and you can find a list of 87 titles tagged…Brian TarranFebruary 17, 2017
News A failure of prediction? – October 2016 issue preview It was more than a decade ago, while working as a reporter on a market…Brian TarranOctober 10, 2016
News 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
News Introducing the new-look Significance You’ve probably noticed that things look a little different here. To coincide with the start…Brian TarranFebruary 16, 2016
News 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
News Refereeing the abusers of statistics Statistics being used to conveniently back-up a certain point of view or simply quoting false…Oz FlanaganAugust 14, 2013