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Nasty, brutish – but not necessarily short. Here’s how archaeologists know plenty of people didn’t die young.
Female statistics students had higher final exam grades than their male peers, even though they had less confidence in their statistics abilities at the start of the semester.
A study shows that a select group of NBA players really do go on hot streaks by making more shots in a row than statistics suggest they should.
Preclinical studies are an important part of biomedical research, often guiding future trials in humans. Failure to replicate research results suggests a need to increase the quality of studies.
Whether you want to win with as few guesses as possible, or you just want to figure out the right word before running out of turns, a scholar offers some tips.
The lack of large numbers of fossils makes it hard to study sexual dimorphism in dinosaurs. But a new statistical approach offers insight into this question and others across science.
Why haven’t people gotten upset about how our social distancing signs are fostering innumeracy?
Clive Palmer says vaccines don’t work and Craig Kelly is among those misinterpreting statistics to suggest COVID vaccines are causing more deaths overseas.
Research from Meta and some scientists shows no harm from social media, but other research and whistleblower testimony show otherwise. Seemingly contradictory, both can be right.
There is a promising trend of growing research and training in statistical ecology in Africa.
Australian fans certainly won’t be complaining, but some critics say T20 world cup matches can be “won on a coin toss”, such is the apparent advantage of batting second. What to the stats really say?
Using a robust statistical model, researchers estimate that coronavirus vaccines had prevented 140,000 deaths by May 9, 2021.
Youth unemployment in Nigeria is a skills mismatch problem – corporations can’t find suitable workers in the midst of a large pool of unemployed workers.
The k number tells us whether the spread of a disease is steady or comes in big bursts, with a small proportion of people infecting many others. The latter is know as superspreading.
Ghana’s latest population census offers a window into the contested terrain of population statistics.
Data science infrastructure is sorely needed in many places. Doctors Without Borders brings medical help to nations in need, but similar efforts are relatively small for statistics.
Researchers found the letters X, Y, and Z make tweets more shareable. The nonsensical result shows how easily statistics can be misused.
New research calls into question the validity of ‘Dunbar’s number’.
Flood plain statistics can be confusing. There are better ways to think about the risk of severe weather than 100-year storm or flood.
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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