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Behind the scenes at the Alan Turing Institute
10th January 2018
Author: Liam Critchley Whether or not you are new to statistics (and data science in general), you may have heard about the Alan Turing Institute. Herein this article, we look at what the...
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“The rise of data science has forced us to consider our relationship with computer science:” An interview with Michael Jordan
26th January 2017
Michael Jordan is Pehong Chen Distinguished Professor at the University of California-Berkeley where his time is split between the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences and...
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Exploratory Data Analysis: Widening Your View Point
17th October 2016
Author: Andy Kirk Much of the popular attention towards data visualisation focuses on its role as a means of communicating data to others, yet this only represents one side of the coin. As I...
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SAS Essentials: Co-author Alan C. Elliott on the latest edition of his book on mastering SAS for data analytics
13th June 2016
Towards the end of last year, Wiley was proud to publish SAS Essentials: Mastering SAS for Data Analytics, a step-by-step introduction to using SAS statistical software as a foundational approach...
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The Art of Flowing Data: An interview with Dr Nathan Yau
25th November 2015
Dr Nathan Yau is best known for his popular blog, Flowing Data, which explores how statisticians, designers, data scientists, and others use analysis, visualization, and exploration to understand...
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Created by statisticians for statisticians: How R took the world of statistics by storm
19th November 2015
Author: Carlos Alberto Gómez Grajales Any particular day seems to be fit to change history. For instance, on May 5, 1976, Argentine former football player Juan Pablo Sorín was born. He played for...
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“Writing code helps me to understand the development process so that I can make better judgments about it”: An interview with SAS founder John Sall
21st July 2015
Authors: Ajay Ohri and Sunakshi Bhatia John Sall is a legendary figure in statistical computing. He not only co-founded SAS Institute, the leading enterprise analytics and statistical computing...
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23rd June 2015
Author: Carlos Alberto Gómez Grajales Statistics are usually regarded as a numbers science. Statisticians work with numbers; that is what we are good at. It is therefore curious that one of the...
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“I was attracted to an organisation that cares about data and evidence”: An interview with RSS Executive Director Hetan Shah
28th April 2015
Hetan Shah has held the position of Executive Director of the Royal Statistical Society since October 2011. He is responsible for the overall strategy and management of the Society. With an...
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Data Science for Dummies: An interview with author Lillian Pierson
24th April 2015
Last month, Wiley was proud to publish the latest in their popular ‘Dummies’ series – Data Science for Dummies written by one of our very own writers for Statistics Views. Lillian Pierson...
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