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
Does Taylor Swift have a big (and bad) reputation? Twitter scraping using R
"Big reputation, big reputation, ooh you and me we’ve got big reputations." Taylor Swift released her…
We, the millennials: The statistical significance of political significance
Kevin Lin, winner of the 2017 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing, explores political engagement…
Kevin LinNovember 29, 2017
Don’t miss Significance at the RSS Conference in Glasgow
We’re heading to Glasgow this week for the Royal Statistical Society’s annual conference, and there…
Brian TarranSeptember 4, 2017
What does $4 million buy you at the Superbowl ad break?
The online technology revolution has set proverbial amongst the pigeons that make up the old…
Oz FlanaganJanuary 30, 2014
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
Standing up for Science: beating the silence
There are a lot of scary things to face when doing a PhD: supervisor's ideas…
Linda WijlaarsJune 20, 2013
Now is the winter of our uncertainty made glorious summer by this sun of journalistic zeal
A skeleton in a 21st century car park. A king dragged off his horse and…
Julian ChampkinFebruary 8, 2013
