SignificancePub Date : 2024-02-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmae008
James A Hanley, Elizabeth Turner
{"title":"Down the Victorian data mine","authors":"James A Hanley, Elizabeth Turner","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae008","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 We tend to think of data mining as having originated in the late twentieth century, prompted in large part by e-commerce. But, here, James Hanley and Elizabeth Turner tell the story of an eighteenth-century customer loyalty programme later “quarried” for a 1884 article whose statistical ingenuity and overreach won it international media reaction","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139891609","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/qmae007
A. Barnett, Nicole White
{"title":"Something is off-base with this title: P esteems, statical significance and more slapdash stats","authors":"A. Barnett, Nicole White","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae007","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Shoddy research, lack of checks and a “publish or perish” culture are damaging science – and nightmarish statistical blunders are part of the problem, as Adrian Barnett and Nicole White explain","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139825842","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/qmae012
Brian Tarran
{"title":"Great graphics and the great minds behind them","authors":"Brian Tarran","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae012","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Information designer Alberto Cairo talks to Brian Tarran about his new book and why bravery, reason and anarchy are intrinsic to all the best data visualisation","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139879315","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/qmae010
J. Sunil Rao
{"title":"Can statisticians help promote health equity?","authors":"J. Sunil Rao","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae010","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae010","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 J. Sunil Rao looks at why statisticians and data scientists around the world should play in health disparity researchers’ backyard – respectfully and collaboratively","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139688099","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/qmae011
Tim Newans, C. Drovandi
{"title":"Will Bazball finally knock its critics for six?","authors":"Tim Newans, C. Drovandi","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 “Bazball” describes an aggressive, high-risk, high-reward style of cricket. But is it even a tangible phenomenon? And is it likely to improve the England men's team's chances on their Test tour of India in February 2024? Tim Newans and Christopher Drovandi offer some statistical speculation","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139891845","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":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139815317","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/qmae006
Michael Orkin
{"title":"To challenge or not to challenge?","authors":"Michael Orkin","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae006","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae006","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 In any sport, challenging a referee's decision is risky. The challenge process in American football is particularly chaotic, and coaches have just precious seconds in which to decide whether to throw the red challenge flag and gamble their team's fortunes. Can statistics help them? Michael Orkin investigates","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139829070","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/qmae011
Tim Newans, C. Drovandi
{"title":"Will Bazball finally knock its critics for six?","authors":"Tim Newans, C. Drovandi","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmae011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae011","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 “Bazball” describes an aggressive, high-risk, high-reward style of cricket. But is it even a tangible phenomenon? And is it likely to improve the England men's team's chances on their Test tour of India in February 2024? Tim Newans and Christopher Drovandi offer some statistical speculation","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139831970","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}