Photo by Jan Genge on UnsplashThe UK is currently experiencing an infection wave following the…
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Photo by Jakayla Toney on UnsplashWhat to do about Covid? With nearly 60 million cases…
Joseph T. Chang and Edward H. KaplanNovember 25, 2020
Photo by Geoffrey HaywardLeicester made demographic history as the first city in England where the…
Sheila M. BirdJuly 23, 2020
Much is expected from the UK’s symptomatic Test and Trace system (sT&T), and all of us must…
Sheila M. BirdJune 16, 2020
Image created by Russell TateThis article explores what people mean when they talk about testing…
Nathan GreenMay 19, 2020
The World Health Organization asks governments to consider two questions when carrying out risk assessments…
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Photo by Graham Ruttan on UnsplashI’m writing this article from the country with more confirmed…
Michael A. LewisApril 22, 2020
Pandemic swine-flu, which emerged from Mexico in spring 2009, was a wild thing but a…
Sheila M. BirdApril 22, 2020
Photo by Vincent Ghilione on UnsplashIn the US, President Trump has said that testing for…
James J. CochranApril 9, 2020
The Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) is a prestigious event and a hot-spot for finding…
Levon DemirdjianDecember 11, 2017
Consider the following problem: “The serum test screens pregnant women for babies with Down's syndrome.…
Tim BrockApril 27, 2017
Hundreds of people have been killed since the start of the year as a result…
Brian TarranAugust 25, 2016
Part of the job of a statistician is to make inferences about a population from…
Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderDecember 7, 2015
You have no doubt heard the legend about the Native American tribe being seduced by…
Altea Lorenzo-ArribasAugust 16, 2013
In a recent article I reported the results of the internet-test, where the takers had…
Mikhail SimkinJune 24, 2013
Recently I discussed my article1 which reported the results of the test where the takers…
Mikhail SimkinMay 7, 2013
We read about statistics every day, be it the predicted winner of a football league,…
Linda WijlaarsMarch 5, 2013
Lately Jennifer Lawrence seems to have a knack for appearing in movies where mathematics is…
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