Significance at the Joint Statistical Meetings
Significance is currently in Denver, Colorado, for the 2019 Joint Statistical Meetings. We have a…
Brian TarranJuly 27, 2019
Book review: Superior, by Angela D. Saini
“The key to understanding the meaning of race is understanding power,” writes Angela D. Saini.…
Cargo-cult statistics and scientific crisis
Poor practice is catching up with science,1-3 manifesting in part in the failure of results…
Philip B. Stark and Andrea SaltelliJuly 5, 2018
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
Closing the communications gap
Professor Dame Anne Glover has spent her entire career generating scientific knowledge; knowledge that has,…
Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2016
Statistical tests: beads for furs?
You have no doubt heard the legend about the Native American tribe being seduced by…
Altea Lorenzo-ArribasAugust 16, 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
George Ravenstein’s Laws of Migration
At New Year, I was reminded of how much heated argument can be generated when…
Andrew McCullochJanuary 21, 2013
The Nobel Prize gender gap
This week, as the six recipients of Nobel Prizes in science take the podium, some…
Stephanie KovalchikSeptember 26, 2011
