Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020
We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first…
Brian TarranAugust 20, 2020
Significance at the RSS Conference
Significance is in Belfast from 2-5 September for the 2019 RSS Conference. As part of…
Statistics in court: An interview with a juror
Statisticians have a crucial role to play in ensuring fairness and justice in the legal…
Kelly H. ZouApril 9, 2019
Playing with risk
Imagine you hold three six-sided dice in your hand. Now throw them, and before they…
Brian TarranDecember 3, 2018
Why my father had to defend decades’ worth of data in court
Back in the 1990s, British miners were fighting for compensation for diseases linked to coal…
Jonny JacobsenOctober 8, 2018
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
Enter our writing competition for early-career statisticians
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to write data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranMarch 20, 2018
Data, debt and disaster – and a fight for independence – in Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico is in bad shape. Its government is burdened by a debt of $70…
Robert Langkjær-BainFebruary 2, 2018
Our 2017 writing competition is now open for entries
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranApril 4, 2017
Our 2017 writing competition is now open for entries
Are you an early-career statistician with the ability to tell data-driven stories in an entertaining…
Brian TarranFebruary 20, 2017
Remembering Hans Rosling
Professor Hans Rosling, a statistician and public educator who was committed to sharing the joy…
Brian TarranFebruary 8, 2017
Higher pay, lower income: the National Living Wage and benefit cuts
The introduction of a “National Living Wage (NLW)” at the beginning of this month marks…
Donald HirschApril 19, 2016
The past, present and future of prediction
Our US readers will be aware that April is Mathematics Awareness Month (MAM) – and…
Brian TarranApril 11, 2016
Revisiting the vaccine visualisations
Last year, the vaccination debate was all the rage again. “Pro-vaxxers” were loudly proclaiming that…
Randy OlsonMarch 9, 2016
Two years ago, the UN called for a ‘data revolution’. How far have we come?
An Ethiopian woman sells crops in a crowded market. Farmers can now receive regular updates…
Claire MelamedOctober 20, 2015
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
How has the sharing economy changed job security?
There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…
Ian BrinkleySeptember 3, 2015
How has the sharing economy changed job security?
There has been a great deal of attention given to the development of the 'sharing…
Ian BrinkleySeptember 1, 2015
Are we accepting austerity?
When the government says times are tough and cuts have to be made, we expect…
Naomi JonesJuly 20, 2015
How do the changing seasons affect urban bike riders?
I love cycling. While I could write a whole manifesto about why bike riding is…
Ilan ManJanuary 8, 2015
