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“One of the most enjoyable aspects about being a statistician is that data comes from different fields and each one poses a novel scenario”: An interview with Ingram Olkin
7th March 2016
Ingram Olkin is a professor emeritus and chair of statistics and education at Stanford University and the Stanford Graduate School of Education. He is best known for developing statistical analysis...
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The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education: An interview with the authors
10th February 2016
This month, Wiley is proud to publish The Digital Patient: Advancing Healthcare, Research, and Education, which is a modern guide to computational models and constructive simulation for...
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Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: An interview with co-author Michael Johnson
1st December 2015
Last month, Wiley was proud to publish Decision Science for Housing and Community Development: Localized and Evidence-Based Responses to Distressed Housing and Blighted Communities, which offers a...
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Providing data analysis for the highest chain of command: An interview with Christine Fox
2nd November 2015
At this year's Joint Statistical Meetings held in Seattle, USA, the President's Invited Address Speaker was Ms Christine Fox. Ms Fox is Assistant Director for Policy and Analysis at the John...
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“Really it was me just wanting to play with statistics and seeing what I could come up with”: An interview with Tyler Vigen
12th October 2015
Tyler Vigen is currently a student at Harvard Law School, working on his Juris Doctor degree. Within the past year or so, he has gained the attention of the statistical community for his website,...
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“It was wonderful to be part of a society at a time when it was rediscovering itself”: John Pullinger looks back on his RSS Presidency and his first year as National Statistician
19th June 2015
Last summer, John Pullinger stepped down as Royal Statistical Society President to succeed Jil Matheson as the UK's National Statistican. Pullinger’s extremely impressive career path led to his...
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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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Can Bradley Wiggins do it? Welcome to the Thunder Drome
13th April 2015
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Many have tried. Most have failed. Bradley Wiggins knows this. He also knows the ordeal he faces, knows the pain he will endure and knows the scrutiny he will...
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It’s a Batsman’s World (Cup)
13th April 2015
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Intro The 2015 Cricket World Cup rewrote the record books in dramatic fashion. Amidst the usual insanity that surrounds this event, there were some amazingly...
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Fifty shades of statistics: Professor David Spiegelhalter on the statistics of our intimate lives
2nd April 2015
Today sees the publication of Professor David Spiegelhalter's latest book, Sex by Numbers: What Statistics Can Tell Us About Sexual Behaviour. To coincide with this publication, you can now view...
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