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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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"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:
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Exploring the 'kiss effect' on TV ratings:
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November 27, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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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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November 21, 2025 at 1:12 PM
What do you buy the data expert who has everything?
Ta-da!
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You say "ridge regression", I say "weight decay (L2 regularisation)"...
Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
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Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
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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?
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Are statistics and data science speaking the same language?
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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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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 3:40 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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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?
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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?
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In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
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October 24, 2025 at 2:00 PM
In a crisis, do you gamble on fast but imperfect data?
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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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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
The "kiss effect" on TV - what happens to ratings when a will-they-won't-they couple finally gets together?
Also: bad stats around UPFs, agriculture + climate, and the best time for a coffee break...
All this and heaps more in the November double issue: ow.ly/6RTO50XcgRF
Also: bad stats around UPFs, agriculture + climate, and the best time for a coffee break...
All this and heaps more in the November double issue: ow.ly/6RTO50XcgRF
October 16, 2025 at 9:33 AM
The "kiss effect" on TV - what happens to ratings when a will-they-won't-they couple finally gets together?
Also: bad stats around UPFs, agriculture + climate, and the best time for a coffee break...
All this and heaps more in the November double issue: ow.ly/6RTO50XcgRF
Also: bad stats around UPFs, agriculture + climate, and the best time for a coffee break...
All this and heaps more in the November double issue: ow.ly/6RTO50XcgRF
"Technology is not deterministic in the world of music, but it has a large, quiet impact"
Read more about data, pop music and the risks of AI, in our interview with author Chris Dalla Riva - new and free to read on the website now: ow.ly/oHJN50X5EQR
Read more about data, pop music and the risks of AI, in our interview with author Chris Dalla Riva - new and free to read on the website now: ow.ly/oHJN50X5EQR
October 10, 2025 at 9:50 AM
"Technology is not deterministic in the world of music, but it has a large, quiet impact"
Read more about data, pop music and the risks of AI, in our interview with author Chris Dalla Riva - new and free to read on the website now: ow.ly/oHJN50X5EQR
Read more about data, pop music and the risks of AI, in our interview with author Chris Dalla Riva - new and free to read on the website now: ow.ly/oHJN50X5EQR