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The average might come in handy for certain data analyses, but is any one person really ‘average’?
They are popular because they are popular, which is a circular argument that suits a pie chart. But there are some serious downsides to using the humble pie.
The annual ritual of buying a gift for a random recipient opens a window onto some fascinating mathematics.
Big data is not the answer to all the challenges that faced Census 2022, but it may be a key enabler for gathering reliable national data in the future.
There are hundreds of ways to analyse interactions in a complex system. A new study shows how they can all work together.
Many diagnostic tests are far from 100% accurate – and even in the era of big data and machine learning, they never will be.
People who developed diabetes, psychosis and congestive heart failure, in that order, experienced the largest reduction in life expectancy
Statistics show how a change of approach by England’s team marks a dramatic break with the history of Test cricket.
It’s not entirely accurate to say that you’re more likely to die in a car accident than in a plane crash. Chances are, you’re not the average person.
Statistics have many real-world applications — including what’s the best time to play Tim Hortons’ Roll up to Win contest. A stats prof explains how he found the precise time with the best odds.
Nearly four decades after President Ronald Reagan proclaimed the first National Math Awareness Week, math readiness and enrollment in college math programs continue to decline.
I crunched the numbers, and they suggest the Robodebt algorithm’s error rate was on the order of 80%.
We will not eradicate the gender pay gap using bad statistics. Here’s what we need to do instead.
Despite being 25 years old, the Dixon-Coles model is still the gold standard of football prediction
From factors like the number of extra games to the time non-competing players go on break, having the World Cup in the middle of the domestic season could increase injuries.
There were deaths from COVID and deaths with COVID – but other deaths are also likely linked to the virus’s impact on our health and our medical care.
The oldest person in the world, Kane Tanaka of Japan, died in April 2022 at 119 years. The record of Jeanne Calment of France, who died at 122, has stood for almost 25 years. Will it be beaten?
People don’t randomly select who they have children with. And that means an underlying assumption in research that tries to link particular genes to certain diseases or traits is wrong.
Global estimates of modern-day slavery by the United Nations reveal improving methods for calculating the data.
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Senior Lecturer in Statistics, University of Glasgow
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Professor of the Practice of Data Science, Washington University in St. Louis
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Professor of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Adelaide University
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Economics and Public Policy, ANU College of Arts and Social Sciences, Australian National University
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Vice Provost for Faculty Affairs and Professor of Statistics, Virginia Tech
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Associate Professor, Department of Statistics and Actuarial Science, University of Waterloo
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Associate Professor of Mathematical Sciences, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor of Business and Sports Analytics, University of Leeds
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Professor of Statistics, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor of Bioinformatics, WEHI (Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research)
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Emeritus Professor, La Trobe University
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Professor, Future Fellow and Head of Statistics at UNSW, and a Deputy Director of the Australian Centre of Excellence in Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS), UNSW
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Biostatistician, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University