“Statisticians are like cogs in a bigger system”: An interview with Dr Ben Goldacre
1st July 2015
Ben Goldacre is a best-selling author, broadcaster, campaigner, medical doctor and academic who specialises in unpicking the misuse of science and statistics by journalists, politicians, drug...
Read MoreEngineering Decision Making and Risk Management: An interview with author Jeffrey W. Herrmann
26th June 2015
Earlier this year, Wiley was proud to publish Engineering Decision Making and Risk Management by Jeffrey W. Herrmann, which emphasizes practical issues and examples of decision making with...
Read More“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...
Read MoreReproducibility in science: uncovering truths
9th June 2015
Author: Joanna Carpenter We tend to think of science as a systematic process, steadily revealing truth about the world around us. Yet in 2005, John Ioannidis of the University of Ioannina School of...
Read MoreQuantitative Assessments of Distributed Systems: Methodologies and Techniques: An interview with authors D. Bruneo and S. Distefano
29th May 2015
Last month Wiley was proud to publish Quantitative Assessments of Distributed Systems: Methodologies and Techniques by Dario Bruneo and Salvatore Distefano. It is essential to have proper metrics...
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Pluto: To Catch a King
15th May 2015
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Introduction Sly as a fox, it is. Mysterious and diminutive, it has eluded us for decades. Despite what we've learned about Pluto, constant debate continues to...
Read MoreBeyond Basic Statistics: An interview with author Kristin H. Jarman on what every data analyst should know
11th May 2015
This month, Wiley is proud to publish Beyond Basic Statistics: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques Every Data Analyst Should Know which features basic statistical concepts as a tool for thinking...
Read More“Empirical Bayes has been the most riveting topic for me. It still seems like magic sometimes”: An interview with Bradley Efron
1st May 2015
Bradley Efron is Max H. Stein Professor of Humanities and Sciences and Professor of Statistics and Biostatistics at Stanford University. He is best known for creating the bootstrap resampling...
Read More“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...
Read MoreData 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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