The Wellbeing of Nations: An interview with author Paul Allin
1st September 2014
What is national wellbeing and what is progress? Why measure these definitions? Why are measures beyond economic performance needed and how will they be used? How do we measure national wellbeing...
Read MoreRise of the Samurai Pitcher
25th August 2014
Author and artwork: Patrick Rhodes Introduction Masahiro Tanaka stands on the mound, rubbing the ball vigorously between his hands. It's a crisp, cool night in the Bronx. Stepping back, he digs his...
Read MoreMaking 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...
Read MoreCreating a Global Map of Sporting Statues
8th August 2014
Dr Chris Stride is a Senior Lecturer and Applied Statistician at the Institute of Work Psychology, University of Sheffield, and also runs a statistical training and consultancy service. He has...
Read More“Statistics can detect patterns in the data that case-by-case medical review may miss.” An interview with SCT President Daniel Sargent
5th August 2014
Dr Daniel Sargent is the President of the Society of Clinical Trials and the primary consulting statistician for the Gastrointestinal Cancer Program of the Mayo Clinic Cancer Center, a non-profit...
Read MoreAnalytical Sociology: Actions and Networks
1st August 2014
Wiley recently published Analytical Sociology: Actions and Networks by Gianluca Manzo, which demonstrates the power of the theoretical framework of analytical sociology in explaining a large array...
Read MoreWillful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty – An interview with author Herbert I. Weisberg
16th July 2014
This month Wiley is proud to publish Willful Ignorance: The Mismeasure of Uncertainty by Herbert I. Weisberg. This book provides an original account of willful ignorance and how this principle...
Read More“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...
Read MoreStatistics for Exercise Science and Health: An interview with author J.P. Verma
27th June 2014
This month Wiley are proud to publish Statistics for Exercise Science and Health with Microsoft Excel, which introduces the use of statistics to solve a variety of problems in exercise science and...
Read More“The statistician was viewed only as a technical consultant. This is neither intellectually stimulating nor a proper representation of what we’re capable of”: Interview with Professor Peter Bickel
20th June 2014
Peter Bickel is an American statistician and Emeritus Professor of Statistics in Berkeley. He is past President of the Bernoulli Society and of the Institute of Mathematical...
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