SignificancePub Date : 2024-08-09DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae061
Andreas Krause, Nicola Rennie
{"title":"Presenting data the Significance way – Part 2","authors":"Andreas Krause, Nicola Rennie","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae061","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae061","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The latest instalment of our data visualisation guide, created by Andreas Krause and Nicola Rennie for Significance and our sister platform Real World Data Science, offers authors a complete guide to creating the best data visualisation for the needs of both their article and Significance magazine","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"58 04","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141922800","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae038
David Awosoga, Matthew Chow
{"title":"Peaks and primes: Do athletes get one shot at glory?","authors":"David Awosoga, Matthew Chow","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae038","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 With Olympic Games occurring once every 4 years, athletes have a limited window of opportunity to participate. David Awosoga and Matthew Chow analyse historical performance data to understand athlete progressions and the factors that impact the size and timing of peak performance windows","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"30 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141268703","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae047
Robert Matthews
{"title":"Bad stats: A regular series exploring slip-ups, snafus and salutary lessons from the world of statistics: The OPERA experiment versus Einstein","authors":"Robert Matthews","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae047","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"37 47","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270363","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae045
Nicola Rennie, Andreas Krause
{"title":"Presenting data the Significance way - Part 1","authors":"Nicola Rennie, Andreas Krause","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae045","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Want to be published in Significance? Our data visualisation guide, created by Andreas Krause and Nicola Rennie, offers contributors insights, advice, and examples (with code) to make data outputs more readable, accessible, and impactful. Over the next few issues, we will publish it section by section until you have a complete guide to creating the best data visualisation for the needs of both your article and Significance magazine","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272905","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae040
Sandra Alba
{"title":"Why are the Dutch so great at swimming?","authors":"Sandra Alba","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae040","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae040","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Amateur swimmer Sandra Alba interrogates an Olympian turned coach and two movement scientists on how Dutch swimmers defy random error to consistently bring home medals","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"71 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141272393","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae041
Claire McKay Bowen
{"title":"Significant strides: Women’s advancement in endurance sports","authors":"Claire McKay Bowen","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae041","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In a break with tradition, the culminating event of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games will be the women’s marathon, not the men’s. Women have come a long way over the last century in being able to participate – and smash records – in endurance sports such as marathons, ultra-marathons, long-distance cycling and swimming, and triathlons. Claire McKay Bowen explores what has helped, and hindered, them along the way","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"31 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141270556","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae044
Chris Dalla Riva
{"title":"Meet my baby daughter, Cardeigh Cobain","authors":"Chris Dalla Riva","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae044","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae044","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Pop singers, movie stars and presidents have all dramatically influenced baby names over the twentieth century. Chris Dalla Riva delves into US government data to reveal some intriguing facts","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"4 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141271455","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae046
Camille Harrison
{"title":"It’s not about right and wrong","authors":"Camille Harrison","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae046","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae046","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Official statistics affect everyone. But not everyone agrees with them – or even cares about them. Tackling indifference, mistrust and criticism is hard work but, says Camille Harrison, is essential for statistics organisations in our “post-truth” age","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"12 8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141271527","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 : 2024-06-03DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae039
Kathleen Houlihan, Jun Yan
{"title":"How to build a gymnastics team","authors":"Kathleen Houlihan, Jun Yan","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae039","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae039","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 At the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, the US women’s artistic gymnastics team was the only team to win a medal in all six categories. On the eve of the 2024 Summer games in Paris, Kathleen Houlihan and Jun Yan assess what metric should be used to pick the perfect team and once again make history","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"20 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141271815","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}