The Statistics Behind Google Translate
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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Making Sense of Data: An interview with co-author Glenn Myatt
20th August 2014
This month, Wiley is proud to publish the second edition of Making Sense of Data I: A Practical Guide to Exploratory Data Analysis and Data Mining by Glenn J. Myatt and Wayne P. Johnson. With a...
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“I stepped into the world of data mining. This path has been a thrilling and troubling journey.” Interview with Dr Galit Shmueli
29th June 2014
Galit Shmueli is SRITNE Chaired Professor of Data Analytics and Associate Professor of Statistics & Information Systems at the Indian School of Business. Dr. Shmueli's research focuses on...
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Nate Silver: What I need from statisticians
23rd August 2013
Exclusive interview: Nate Silver was the guest speaker at this year’s Joint Statistical Meetings in Montreal, Canada where he gave the President’s Invited Address. He is currently the...
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‘Statisticians will become the heroes of the 21st century’: An interview with Open Data Institute CEO Gavin Starks
31st July 2013
The Open Data Institute officially opened on 1st October 2012 with the mission ‘to catalyse the evolution of Open Data culture’. Over the past six months, the Institute has been overwhelmed by...
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Radio 4’s More or Less: Behind the scenes with presenter Tim Harford
7th March 2013
More or Less is a BBC Radio 4 programme which discusses statistical issues raised in the news, politics and everyday life, as well as what's fun about numbers. The programme was originally presented...
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