SignificancePub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad064
{"title":"In praise of “stupid” questions","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad064","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad064","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Overcoming maths anxiety in students and the general public is the biggest hurdle for statisticians and data experts seeking to share their love of their subject. Mathematician and author Eugenia Cheng has spent a career trying to breach the divide, and has some advice for all those doing the same","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41322917","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad070
Michèle B. Nuijten
{"title":"Q&A Michele Nuijten","authors":"Michèle B. Nuijten","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad070","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad070","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The Dutch methodologist co-created the “spell-checker for stats”","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44909197","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Testing times: Let’s leave the animals out of it","authors":"Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga, Justine Watkins, Pleun Jornick","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad060","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Monumental changes in US drug regulation have brought the justification for animal based tests into the spotlight again. Pleun Jornick, Justine Watkins and Merel Ritskes-Hoitinga explore developments in legislation, science, and technology and look forward to a world without animal testing","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"49477410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad057
Michael Fletcher
{"title":"Puzzle","authors":"Michael Fletcher","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad057","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Puzzle Get access Michael Fletcher Michael Fletcher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Significance, Volume 20, Issue 4, August 2023, Page 6, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad057 Published: 01 August 2023","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"27 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135931329","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-08-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad061
Chris Dalla Riva
{"title":"Sweet little lies: Deceptive statistics in the album charts","authors":"Chris Dalla Riva","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad061","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Think Spotify’s album charts are a straightforward reflection of listening habits? Think again. Chris Dalla Riva explains how music streaming services rank albums – and how record companies can game the system","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43861534","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad039
Michael Fletcher
{"title":"Puzzle","authors":"Michael Fletcher","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad039","url":null,"abstract":"Journal Article Puzzle Get access Michael Fletcher Michael Fletcher Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Significance, Volume 20, Issue 3, June 2023, Page 4, https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad039 Published: 05 June 2023","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"57 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134904086","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad044
Itamar Shatz
{"title":"The law of small numbers: When statistics and psychology go to war","authors":"Itamar Shatz","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad044","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Humans have innate biases when it comes to probability, leading to poor decision-making. Itamar Shatz looks at a bias that affects disinformation-spreaders and statisticians alike","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47712878","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
SignificancePub Date : 2023-06-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad054
Mary Ryan
{"title":"Questions answered","authors":"Mary Ryan","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad054","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Meet the biostatistician who is the newest member of the Significance editorial board","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48203001","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}