The results are in from the Tokyo Olympics: Athletes 1, Covid 0
Photo by K. K. Yam Amot on UnsplashLeading up to the Tokyo Olympics, there was…
Ray StefaniSeptember 7, 2021
Governments in Africa have doubled ‘false news’ laws, to little effect. Another way is possible
Photo by Bank Phrom on Unsplash In the five years after the world woke…
The US economy: Trump or trend?
Photo by History in HD on UnsplashAt the 2020 Republican National Convention, Assistant to the…
James J. CochranOctober 14, 2020
Lethality of Covid-19 in Great Britain over 12 registration weeks
Photo by Colin D on UnsplashExcess deaths – the number of those dying above the…
Sheila M. Bird and Bent NielsenAugust 4, 2020
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
Covid-19 data: To age or not to age; to date or not to date?
Pandemic swine-flu, which emerged from Mexico in spring 2009, was a wild thing but a…
Sheila M. BirdApril 22, 2020
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Visualising regional data using the geofacet R package
Spatial data make an enormous contribution to our understanding of the world. They allow us to…
Stella Cangelosi, Luciana Dalla Valle and Julian StanderAugust 25, 2017
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
And the winner of our 2017 writing competition is…
Judging took place last month for our writing competition for early-career statisticians. It was the…
Brian TarranJuly 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 TarranApril 4, 2017
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
Remembering Hans Rosling
Professor Hans Rosling, a statistician and public educator who was committed to sharing the joy…
Brian TarranFebruary 8, 2017
6 Nations Rugby – who’s the biggest overachiever?
The 6 Nations Rugby championship kicks off in a little over three weeks. England is…
Ray StefaniJanuary 12, 2017
