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Call for contributions: Women in Statistics and Data Science – A Special Issue

In support of the first Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science,…

Brian TarranMarch 8, 2022

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A call for contributions on Covid-19: looking back and looking forward

We are now more than 18 months into the Covid-19 pandemic. Thanks to the contributions…

Brian TarranSeptember 29, 2021

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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…

Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, Scott McLachlan and Magda OsmanApril 14, 2021

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Using Zipf’s law to help understand Covid-19

Photo by Glen Carrie on UnsplashThe Covid-19 pandemic is a rapidly moving challenge. As countries…

Debra M. Boka, Paul Velleman and Howard WainerMarch 18, 2021

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Nightingale’s overlooked Scutari statistics – full table

The table below is the full version of the edited table published as Table 1…

Brian TarranNovember 6, 2020

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Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced

Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award…

Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2020

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A long tradition: Discussion meetings at the Royal Statistical Society

Discussion meetings are the most prestigious of the many types of meetings organised by the…

Paul A. SmithJune 16, 2020

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Comparing and assessing Covid-19 tests

Image created by Russell TateThis article explores what people mean when they talk about testing…

Nathan GreenMay 19, 2020

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Increasing testing capacity for SARS-CoV-2 by pooling specimens

Photo by CDC on UnsplashCough, fever, and difficulty breathing are all symptoms for Covid-19, but…

ChristopherApril 9, 2020

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Opioids in the USA: Summary statistics

Editor's note: This table is published as supplementary material to the article "Opioids in the…

Brian TarranSeptember 11, 2019

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Podcast series: Significance + Stats and Stories at JSM

For this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, Significance was delighted to partner with the Stats and…

Brian TarranAugust 12, 2019

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Winner announced for early-career writing award

UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…

Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019

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Statistics in court: Incorrect probabilities

Although both the law and statistical theory have foundations that rest on formal rules and…

Jim Norton and George DivineApril 9, 2019

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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

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What is the bootstrap?

Bradley Efron (pictured) was awarded the 2018 International Prize in Statistics for the creation of…

James J. CochranNovember 23, 2018

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Toby Lewis at 100

On 19 October 2018, in a West London care home, Toby Lewis turned 100. Physically…

Harvey GoldsteinNovember 5, 2018

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How times have changed for teenagers: Baby names and degrees

In our December 2018 print edition, Jeff Ralph, the Royal Statistical Society's William Guy schools'…

Jeff RalphNovember 1, 2018

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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

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Puerto Rico Institute of Statistics wins a last-minute reprieve

Plans to dismantle Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics (PRIS) have been altered at the 11th…

Brian TarranJuly 3, 2018

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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