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Significance is a magazine + website showcasing statistics stories from around the globe. Brought to you by the Royal Statistical Society, American Statistical Association + the Statistical Society of Australia
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December 5, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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December 2, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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💡 Thanks to @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Chair of @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board, for discussing this issue’s “Bad Stats” column on Times Radio!
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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November 27, 2025 at 5:35 PM
💡 Thanks to @timandraharkness.bsky.social, Chair of @significancemag.bsky.social editorial board, for discussing this issue’s “Bad Stats” column on Times Radio!
📣 Hear her on Rod Liddle’s show (starts at 40min): www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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"My day job might be (bio)statistics, but at my core, I’m a sucker for love."
Exploring the 'kiss effect' on TV ratings:
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Exploring the 'kiss effect' on TV ratings:
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November 28, 2025 at 11:42 AM
"My day job might be (bio)statistics, but at my core, I’m a sucker for love."
Exploring the 'kiss effect' on TV ratings:
ow.ly/vcnM50XwRRG #freetoread
Exploring the 'kiss effect' on TV ratings:
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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One of the things that has been on my to do list for a very long time, is building a gallery of all of the charts I've made across #TidyTuesday, #30DayChartChallenge, #30DayMapChallenge, and other miscellaneous projects 📊
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
Data Visualisation Gallery
Gallery of data visualisations created by Nicola Rennie.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:33 PM
One of the things that has been on my to do list for a very long time, is building a gallery of all of the charts I've made across #TidyTuesday, #30DayChartChallenge, #30DayMapChallenge, and other miscellaneous projects 📊
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
And it's finally here!
Link: nrennie.rbind.io/viz-gallery/
#DataViz #RStats
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Help spotlight the leaders and innovators moving statistics forward. Explore the COPSS awards and submit a nomination to honor excellence in our profession. Nominations are due December 15: magazine.amstat.org/...
November 26, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Help spotlight the leaders and innovators moving statistics forward. Explore the COPSS awards and submit a nomination to honor excellence in our profession. Nominations are due December 15: magazine.amstat.org/...
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November 26, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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Advice to junior data analysts: Make sampling your superpower!
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November 25, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Advice to junior data analysts: Make sampling your superpower!
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From Ross and Rachel in Friends to Nick and Jess in New Girl, TV audiences invest heavily in will-they-won’t-they couples. But what happens to ratings after that momentous first kiss?
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November 24, 2025 at 2:33 PM
From Ross and Rachel in Friends to Nick and Jess in New Girl, TV audiences invest heavily in will-they-won’t-they couples. But what happens to ratings after that momentous first kiss?
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What do you buy the data expert who has everything?
Ta-da!
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Ta-da!
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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What do you buy the data expert who has everything?
Ta-da!
Individual print/online subscriptions to Significance available here: ow.ly/yx5t50WUoUl
Ta-da!
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Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
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When words collide: Are statistics and data science two professions separated by a common language?
Abstract. There is a vocabulary divide in statistics and data science whereby the same fundamental methods are often described with different terminology.
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November 18, 2025 at 12:56 PM
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
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You say "ridge regression", I say "weight decay (L2 regularisation)"...
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
ow.ly/efK950XsSWq #freetoread #stats #data
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
ow.ly/efK950XsSWq #freetoread #stats #data
November 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
You say "ridge regression", I say "weight decay (L2 regularisation)"...
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
ow.ly/efK950XsSWq #freetoread #stats #data
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
ow.ly/efK950XsSWq #freetoread #stats #data
All Significance issues become FREE TO READ one year after publication! That means everyone can enjoy the entirety of last year's November issue right now, including articles on Amazonia, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state lottery:
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November 12, 2025 at 11:19 AM
All Significance issues become FREE TO READ one year after publication! That means everyone can enjoy the entirety of last year's November issue right now, including articles on Amazonia, Arnold Schwarzenegger and the state lottery:
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This is a really nice article talking about secondary data analyses and the (often overstated) headlines they can lead to, with studies about ultra-processed foods as an example:
"That doesn’t mean that all the research you can do with this secondary data is necessarily very useful."
"That doesn’t mean that all the research you can do with this secondary data is necessarily very useful."
Is there a link between ultra-processed foods and human health? Hard to tell, given some of the bad stats out there...
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November 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
This is a really nice article talking about secondary data analyses and the (often overstated) headlines they can lead to, with studies about ultra-processed foods as an example:
"That doesn’t mean that all the research you can do with this secondary data is necessarily very useful."
"That doesn’t mean that all the research you can do with this secondary data is necessarily very useful."
Is there a link between ultra-processed foods and human health? Hard to tell, given some of the bad stats out there...
academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic... #freetoread
academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic... #freetoread
November 11, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Is there a link between ultra-processed foods and human health? Hard to tell, given some of the bad stats out there...
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academic.oup.com/jrssig/artic... #freetoread
One for the art-loving statisticians (and stats-loving art fans)...
How many overlooked or misattributed Modigliani paintings might there be in the world?
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How many overlooked or misattributed Modigliani paintings might there be in the world?
ow.ly/mHM250Xq0g1 #freetoread
November 11, 2025 at 3:20 PM
One for the art-loving statisticians (and stats-loving art fans)...
How many overlooked or misattributed Modigliani paintings might there be in the world?
ow.ly/mHM250Xq0g1 #freetoread
How many overlooked or misattributed Modigliani paintings might there be in the world?
ow.ly/mHM250Xq0g1 #freetoread
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In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
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🎲 Working in a bingo hall as a boy, #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social is well-versed in the game of chance. In @significancemag.bsky.social, learn about the #lottery for #researchfunding he now runs for the @britishacademy.bsky.social and how it works.
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October 28, 2025 at 10:29 PM
🎲 Working in a bingo hall as a boy, #AusHSI Prof @aidybarnett.bsky.social is well-versed in the game of chance. In @significancemag.bsky.social, learn about the #lottery for #researchfunding he now runs for the @britishacademy.bsky.social and how it works.
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There's quite a few nice #DataViz examples in this month's double issue of @significancemag.bsky.social! 📊
October 21, 2025 at 1:57 PM
There's quite a few nice #DataViz examples in this month's double issue of @significancemag.bsky.social! 📊
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So proud of @ashleymullan.bsky.social -- featured on the cover of @significancemag.bsky.social! Check out her beautiful interrupted time series plot 😍
October 21, 2025 at 4:13 PM
So proud of @ashleymullan.bsky.social -- featured on the cover of @significancemag.bsky.social! Check out her beautiful interrupted time series plot 😍
In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
Principles for statisticians under pressure: significancemagazine.com/statistics-u...
The red-hot November issue of Significance is now published - and it's a double issue!
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October 21, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The red-hot November issue of Significance is now published - and it's a double issue!
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October 20, 2025 at 10:54 AM
On this #WorldStatisticsDay, read all about the vital role of statistics in every aspect of our lives: both on the Significance website significancemagazine.com and in tonnes of free-to-read back issues (Dec 2015-Nov 2024) at academic.oup.com/jrssig
October 20, 2025 at 10:59 AM
On this #WorldStatisticsDay, read all about the vital role of statistics in every aspect of our lives: both on the Significance website significancemagazine.com and in tonnes of free-to-read back issues (Dec 2015-Nov 2024) at academic.oup.com/jrssig