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Launch of FiveThirtyEight: An interview with Lead Writer Carl Bialik
17th March 2014
FiveThirtyEight is due to launch today, the website and brainchild of Nate Silver, Editor-in-Chief of its blog formerly at The New York Times who correctly predicted 49 out of 50 states in the...
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“The world of statistics has offered me a wonderful career.” Robert Groves looks back on heading the US Census Bureau
10th March 2014
Robert Groves is currently the Provost of Georgetown University in Washington, D.C., as well as Gerard Campbell Professor in the University's Department of Mathematics and Statistics. He is...
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Three Yards and a Cloud of Dust: The Evolution of Passing in the NFL
31st January 2014
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Introduction "Three yards and a cloud of dust" - that's how Woody Hayes described his "crunching, frontal assault of muscle against muscle", the offense that...
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IYOS: A Retrospective
20th December 2013
Author: Ronald Wasserstein, Statistics2013 Steering Committee member and American Statistical Association executive director My how time flies when you’re having fun! It seems only like...
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The Norm Chronicles: Authors Michael Blastland and David Spiegelhalter on their collaboration and its critical reception so far
18th September 2013
The Norm Chronicles: Stories by numbers and danger is a collaboration by journalist and former producer of BBC Radio 4’s More or Less Michael Blastland and Professor David Spiegelhalter, Winton...
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The Rise, Fall and Rise of English Triple Crown Racing Speeds
9th September 2013
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes A horse with a crimson “6” displayed on either side of its girth processes to the parade ring. There are people milling about, looking over “Six” as well...
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Social Networks and their Economics: An interview with author Daniel Birke
6th September 2013
This week, Wiley is proud to publish Social Networks and their Economics: Influencing Consumer Choice by new author Daniel Birke, Visiting Researcher at Aston Business School, Birmingham, who...
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Future challenges of teaching mathematics and statistics: Interview with Guy Lecturer, Stella Dudzic
30th August 2013
Every year the Royal Statistical Society appoints a lecturer to tour schools to increase the visibility of statistics with their talk, named after British physician and statistician William Guy....
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David vs Goliath in Men’s Professional Tennis
24th June 2013
Author: Patrick Rhodes David dances lightly from side to side, his small feet stirring up wisps of dust from the clay surface. Twirling his racket in anticipation, he peers intently at his colossal...
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“Definitely not just statisticians should read this Journal” – An insight into Research Synthesis Methods with Dr Hannah Rothstein
21st March 2013
Dr Hannah Rothstein has been appointed as the new Co-Editor-in-Chief of Research Synthesis Methods, taking over duties from Mark Lipsey this year. The Journal is the official Journal of...
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