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Book review: Superior, by Angela D. Saini

“The key to understanding the meaning of race is understanding power,” writes Angela D. Saini.…

Olivia Varley WinterJune 7, 2019

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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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An average understanding

In "The Shock of the Mean" (Significance, December 2017) I explained how, far from being…

Simon RaperDecember 5, 2017

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New statistical methods would let researchers deal with data in better, more robust ways

https://www.flickr.com/photos/24801682@N08/2978799610No matter the field, if a researcher is collecting data of any kind, at some…

Rand WilcoxMay 9, 2017

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Angus Deaton: a statistician’s economist

Illustration: © Johan Jarnestad/The Royal Swedish Academy of SciencesA few years ago, former World Bank…

Ian PrestonOctober 13, 2015