Probability puzzle: Classroom bingo
Photo by CDC on UnsplashA primary schoolteacher is playing a game with her class. She…
Michael FletcherDecember 13, 2021
A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers
Photo by Isaac Quesada on UnsplashThe Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Ambassadors have collated an essential…
Betting on a royal birth: how many babies will be born the same day?
On 4 September 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as “William…
Shomoita Alam and James HanleyFebruary 22, 2018
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
It could be you? Perhaps, but lottery success just got more complicated
Fans of watching balls spin around had something to ponder yesterday as the UK's National…
Michael WallaceJune 17, 2015
The political pollsters’ report card: the statisticians’ verdict
Election season is now well underway in the UK and every scandal, botched interview and…
Deirdre Toher & Robin EvansMarch 11, 2015
Protests in Egypt: how many are out on the streets?
The street protests going on in Egypt this month have been claimed as the biggest…
Julian ChampkinJuly 17, 2013
Is social segregation rising across English universities?
As a reader pointed out last week Nick Clegg's son is going to the London…
Andrew McCullochMarch 27, 2013
Big numbers, and big debts
Not long ago, on the PBS program “NewsHour”, I was listening to David Brooks, Op-Ed…
Alan PenmanOctober 24, 2011
