SignificancePub Date : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae031
Madison Hardesty, Jonathan Auerbach
{"title":"Why do buildings skip the thirteenth floor?","authors":"Madison Hardesty, Jonathan Auerbach","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae031","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Superstition, tradition or a money-making sleight of hand? Either way, New York City apartment blocks tend to avoid having a thirteenth floor. Madison Hardesty and Jonathan Auerbach find out how much New Yorkers are prepared to pay not to live on the “unlucky” floor","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"55 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140733714","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 : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae020
Anna Britten
{"title":"Tell us a stats story! Our 2024 writing competition is now open","authors":"Anna Britten","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"9 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140732754","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 : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae033
Yudi Pawitan, Youngjo Lee
{"title":"The philosophy of statistics","authors":"Yudi Pawitan, Youngjo Lee","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae033","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 When we interpret statistics, we inevitably incorporate our personal knowledge and philosophical preferences. All statisticians therefore need to understand the philosophical foundation of probability and statistics, say Yudi Pawitan and Youngjo Lee – and puzzles and paradoxes can help","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"51 19","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140733425","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 : 2024-04-07DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae027
Gavin Freeguard
{"title":"The story of the R number: How an obscure epidemiological figure took over our lives. Part 2: Modelling","authors":"Gavin Freeguard","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae027","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 How do you build a complex epidemiological model in record time with little or no reliable data? In the second instalment of his six-part series, Gavin Freeguard describes how different modelling groups in the UK used different data sources and assumptions to try to understand Covid-19 infection rates, and how this diversity proved to be a strength rather than a weakness","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"54 11","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-04-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140733513","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 : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae004
Gavin Freeguard
{"title":"The story of the R number: How an obscure epidemiological figure took over our lives. Part 1: History","authors":"Gavin Freeguard","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae004","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae004","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The R number was the “breakout star” of the early weeks of the Covid-19 lockdowns, swiftly taking up residence in the general public’s consciousness and conversations. In this new six-part series, Gavin Freeguard will delve into the evolution of the R number and how it was modelled, used by the UK government and the media and regarded by the average person during the pandemic. He will also consider its limitations, lessons learned and how such statistical tools should be managed for disease planning and response in the future. In this first instalment, he introduces the history of this statistical concept.","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"10 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139875172","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 : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae017
{"title":"Q&A: Afsaneh Yazdani","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae017","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Working for the United Nations has always been a dream job for the Thailand-based statistician","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"35 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139818411","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 : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae013
Sinjini Mitra, Yi Zhang
{"title":"The path to success is about more than grades","authors":"Sinjini Mitra, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Family responsibilities, work commitments and financial stress are among the reasons why students might drop out of university. Sinjini Mitra and Yi Zhang used statistics at their minority-serving institution to explore the role of non-academic factors in student success","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"52 18","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139820246","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 : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae017
{"title":"Q&A: Afsaneh Yazdani","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae017","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Working for the United Nations has always been a dream job for the Thailand-based statistician","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"29 10","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139878439","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 : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae013
Sinjini Mitra, Yi Zhang
{"title":"The path to success is about more than grades","authors":"Sinjini Mitra, Yi Zhang","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae013","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Family responsibilities, work commitments and financial stress are among the reasons why students might drop out of university. Sinjini Mitra and Yi Zhang used statistics at their minority-serving institution to explore the role of non-academic factors in student success","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"65 1-2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139879879","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}