In support of the first Annual International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science,…
Brian TarranMarch 8, 2022
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
The table below is the full version of the edited table published as Table 1…
Brian TarranNovember 6, 2020
Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award…
Brian TarranSeptember 9, 2020
Discussion meetings are the most prestigious of the many types of meetings organised by the…
Paul A. SmithJune 16, 2020
Image created by Russell TateThis article explores what people mean when they talk about testing…
Nathan GreenMay 19, 2020
Photo by CDC on UnsplashCough, fever, and difficulty breathing are all symptoms for Covid-19, but…
ChristopherApril 9, 2020
Editor's note: This table is published as supplementary material to the article "Opioids in the…
Brian TarranSeptember 11, 2019
For this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings, Significance was delighted to partner with the Stats and…
Brian TarranAugust 12, 2019
UPDATE: “The flying bomb and the actuary”, by Liam Shaw and Luke Shaw, was last night…
Brian TarranJuly 12, 2019
Although both the law and statistical theory have foundations that rest on formal rules and…
Jim Norton and George DivineApril 9, 2019
In the heyday of television shows like CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, forensic science seemed not…
Brian TarranApril 2, 2019
Bradley Efron (pictured) was awarded the 2018 International Prize in Statistics for the creation of…
James J. CochranNovember 23, 2018
On 19 October 2018, in a West London care home, Toby Lewis turned 100. Physically…
Harvey GoldsteinNovember 5, 2018
In our December 2018 print edition, Jeff Ralph, the Royal Statistical Society's William Guy schools'…
Jeff RalphNovember 1, 2018
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
Plans to dismantle Puerto Rico’s Institute of Statistics (PRIS) have been altered at the 11th…
Brian TarranJuly 3, 2018
Puerto Rico's senators have approved a plan to dismantle the island's independent Institute of Statistics (PRIS).…
Brian TarranApril 9, 2018
