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Why 2020 is a “magic year”

Photo by Evie S. on UnsplashLet me tell you something: 2020 is a magic year.…

Alan JacksonJanuary 16, 2020

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Topics of interest for forthcoming issues

The Significance Editorial Board meets three times a year to discuss topics of interest for…

Brian TarranApril 23, 2019

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Six Nations rugby: increased predictability (despite England upsets)

With the Six Nations rugby championship kicking off this weekend, we have two years of…

Ray StefaniJanuary 28, 2019

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Cooking up statistics: The science and the art

Photo by Gaelle Marcel on UnsplashLetisha Smith – winner of the 2018 Award for Statistical…

Letisha SmithJanuary 14, 2019

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Past winners and finalists of the Significance/YSS writing competition

If you are thinking of entering our annual writing competition for early-career statisticians, we recommend…

Brian TarranJanuary 10, 2019

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Misunderstanding the global burden of alcohol

Harmful alcohol consumption is known to cause several diseases and many deaths. A study published…

Kari PoikolainenNovember 19, 2018

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Still running against the odds: revisiting the London Marathon ballot

Monday 15 October had a lot of people eagerly awaiting the postman to deliver the…

Anthony HatswellOctober 29, 2018

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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

Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and family

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Betting on a royal birth: how many babies will be born the same day?

On 4 September 2017, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge – better known as “William…

Shomoita Alam and James HanleyFebruary 22, 2018

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Visualising ages and life trajectories of Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom

Rick Wicklin, over at The DO Loop blog, published an interesting graph showing the ages of…

Mario Cortina Borja & Julian StanderJanuary 24, 2018

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Graphical interpretations of data: An introduction

This is the first of a series of articles on the design of simple graphs…

Allan ReeseAugust 22, 2017

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Don’t miss our JSM session, “Essential skills for communicating statistics”

Later this week, Significance will be heading to Baltimore, Maryland, to join the thousands of statisticians…

Brian TarranJuly 25, 2017

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What is the most popular birthday in England and Wales?

The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) recently published an analysis of live births from…

Mario Cortina Borja and Peter MartinMarch 3, 2017

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How sharp was the decline in live births in Central and Eastern Europe after the collapse of communist regimes?

December 2016 marks the 25th anniversary of the collapse of the Union of Soviet Socialist…

Jekaterina Kremneva, Angie Wade and Mario Cortina BorjaDecember 16, 2016

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Ask a statistician: A variation of the birthday problem, part 2

Our latest 'Ask a statistician' question received not one but two different solutions. We published…

Brian TarranDecember 14, 2016

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Is Christmas really coming earlier? Maybe, but not as early as August

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article in which I examined the evidence…

Nathan CunninghamNovember 28, 2016

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A smashing return: Team GB’s Olympic host legacy

Team GB had a phenomenal Olympics in Rio and, in topping its London 2012 medal…

Ray StefaniSeptember 21, 2016

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Running against the odds – The probabilities of the London Marathon ballot

The late Chris Brasher, founder of the London Marathon, described the event as the ‘Suburban…

Anthony HatswellOctober 6, 2015

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Shortlist announced for Young Statisticians Writing Competition

It's been another year of strong submissions for the Young Statisticians Writing Competition - our…

Brian TarranJuly 14, 2015

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Tinkering with how we measure child poverty won’t help end it

There has been no real change in the proportion of children living in poverty in…

Jonathan BradshawJuly 1, 2015