SignificancePub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad103
{"title":"Q&A: Thekke Variyam Ramanathan","authors":"","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad103","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad103","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 The head of the statistics department at Savitribai Phule Pune University in India was voted best teacher there earlier this year","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 44","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138614066","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad087
Gordana Radojevic
{"title":"“After completing the 2011 population census, I found myself in court for the first time”","authors":"Gordana Radojevic","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad087","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad087","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Gordana Radojevic was dismissed from her position as director of the Statistical Office of Montenegro in 2021 and suffered almost 2 years of intense governmental scrutiny and “political disgrace”. The court annulled the decision on her dismissal in August 2023. Having now cleared her name, she shares her story","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 68","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138620148","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad098
Robyn Goldsmith
{"title":"Surfing the Korean Wave","authors":"Robyn Goldsmith","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad098","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad098","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Watched Squid Game, heard BTS or eaten ramyeon? You might be “Kontagious”. In her winning entry for our 2023 Statistical Excellence Award for Early Career Writing, Robyn Goldsmith takes a statistician's view of Korean culture's astonishing recent rise in international popularity","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"5 2","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138609646","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad099
Anna Britten
{"title":"Data viz whiz kids","authors":"Anna Britten","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad099","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad099","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Taylor Swift albums, basketball stars and homework all inspired high-schoolers to show off their data visualisation skills for a colourful American Statistical Association contest this summer","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"144 7‐8","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138626061","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad092
Dennis Trewin, Nicholas Fisher, Noel Cressie
{"title":"The Robodebt tragedy","authors":"Dennis Trewin, Nicholas Fisher, Noel Cressie","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad092","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad092","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Dennis Trewin, Nicholas Fisher and Noel Cressie describe how a lack of statistical thinking led to mindless government technology and unimaginable stress for half a million Australians – some of whom took their own lives","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 26","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138620026","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad093
Joanna Marks, Matthew J. Penn
{"title":"Barely a passing resemblance: Why women's football stands out from the crowd","authors":"Joanna Marks, Matthew J. Penn","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad093","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad093","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Many of us find women's football more exciting to watch than the men's game. But why? A statistical analysis by Matthew J. Penn and Joanna Marks provides some answers","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":"104 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138622534","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad097
M. de Carvalho
{"title":"Lessons in linear regression","authors":"M. de Carvalho","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad097","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad097","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 How do you teach linear regression to pupils aged 12–14? Direct proportionality is the key, advises Miguel de Carvalho. That and some sporting superstars…","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 24","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138619563","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad094
Rob Gandy, Scott Foster
{"title":"Falling parachutes: Are politicians becoming more “local”?","authors":"Rob Gandy, Scott Foster","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad094","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad094","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 As UK political parties gear up for a likely general election in 2024, they are busy selecting the most suitable candidates for each seat. Psephologists say voters prefer their parliamentarians to be “local”, not “parachuted” in – but what does the data teach us? Rob Gandy and Scott Foster catch the Speaker's eye","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 29","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138615848","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 : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1093/jrssig/qmad091
Ron Wasserstein
{"title":"Worthy winner: Why Rao deserved the “Nobel Prize for statistics”","authors":"Ron Wasserstein","doi":"10.1093/jrssig/qmad091","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmad091","url":null,"abstract":"\u0000 Ron Wasserstein, executive director of the American Statistical Association and director of the International Prize Foundation, explains why C. R. Rao was awarded the 2023 International Prize in Statistics","PeriodicalId":35454,"journal":{"name":"Significance","volume":" 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138613194","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}