Misinterpreting statistical anomalies and risk assessment when analysing Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity
Bigstockphoto/Andreajk3Imagine there is a country called Bayesland that is divided into two distinct geographical areas…
The evolution of the endemic stage of the Covid-19 outbreak in Italy during summer 2020
Photo by Gabriella Clare Marino on UnsplashItaly was the first European country to suffer a…
The US economy: Trump or trend?
Photo by History in HD on UnsplashAt the 2020 Republican National Convention, Assistant to the…
James J. CochranOctober 14, 2020
College sports and Covid-19. It’s complicated
Photo by Riley McCullough on UnsplashUniversities around the United States are struggling to deliver their…
Sheldon H. JacobsonOctober 1, 2020
Visualizing the Covid-19 pandemic with doubling rates
Artwork by Bosny (bosnyart.com)As the popularity of coronavirus data visualizations increases, so does the risk…
Luke Anderson-Trocmé and Sahir BhatnagarJuly 10, 2020
Bayes’ theorem and Covid-19 testing
Photo by Graham Ruttan on UnsplashI’m writing this article from the country with more confirmed…
Michael A. LewisApril 22, 2020
Pandemic influenza and Covid–19: Geographical velocity and control
Photo by Juan Cruz Mountford on UnsplashOn 31 December 2019, the World Health Organization (WHO)…
Matthew Smallman-Raynor and Andrew CliffApril 22, 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
A statistician’s guide to coronavirus numbers
Photo by Isaac Quesada on UnsplashThe Royal Statistical Society’s Statistical Ambassadors have collated an essential…
RSS Statistical AmbassadorsApril 9, 2020
How many people are infected with Covid-19?
Photo by Zhang Kenny on UnsplashIn order to answer the most pressing questions we have…
Tarak ShahApril 9, 2020
What to make of the coronavirus “mortality rate”? Communicating risk effectively
Photo by Markus Spiske on UnsplashLanguage is powerful, and how we use it subconsciously shapes…
Narcyz GhineaApril 9, 2020
How reliable is your wearable heart-rate monitor?
Fitbit, Garmin and other consumer heart-rate monitors are increasingly being used in clinical trials. The…
TimJune 22, 2018
A time to kill: Great British serial killers
"Serial killer" is a term customarily used to refer to a person who has murdered…
Charlotte Moragh Jones-ToddDecember 19, 2017
Ask a statistician: Why can we not predict earthquakes?
Hundreds of people have been killed since the start of the year as a result…
Brian TarranAugust 25, 2016
Higher pay, lower income: the National Living Wage and benefit cuts
The introduction of a “National Living Wage (NLW)” at the beginning of this month marks…
Donald HirschApril 19, 2016
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
Premier League managers: who deserved the sack and who didn’t?
Aston Villa's Paul Lambert is the latest English Premier League manager to be fired, and…
Oz FlanaganFebruary 16, 2015
How involved are disabled people in the modern economy?
Since today is the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, I want to highlight some…
Dane KorverDecember 3, 2013
The Phillips Curve revisited
In my first article, A short overview of the Phillips Curve, I outlined the complicated…
Michael MernaghSeptember 19, 2013
A short overview of the Phillips Curve
In modern economics, central banks around the world have become engrossed in closely monitoring the…
Michael MernaghAugust 21, 2013
