News 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
News 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
News 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
News 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
News 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
Archive 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
News 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
Archive What is the bootstrap? Bradley Efron (pictured) was awarded the 2018 International Prize in Statistics for the creation of…James J. CochranNovember 23, 2018
Archive Toby Lewis at 100 On 19 October 2018, in a West London care home, Toby Lewis turned 100. Physically…Harvey GoldsteinNovember 5, 2018
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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
Archive 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