The International Year of Statistics (Statistics2013)

Statistics2013 Video Contest

The Pinnacle, The Best, The Top Video Is…!

By Jeffrey A. Myers

Finally, after three weeks and four separate announcements, we are ready to reveal the winner of the coveted title of “Best Overall Video” in the Statistics2013 Video Contest sponsored by Wiley.

Before we do, if you haven’t done so already, here’s your opportunity to view the first-place through honorable-mention winners we awarded previously in each of the three contest categories. The three award categories for the contest are:

  • Best Overall Video
  • Best Video by a Person or Persons 18 Years of Age or Less
  • Best Non-English Language Video

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What is Statistics?

What is Statistics?

When many people hear the word “statistics,” they think of either sports-related numbers or the college class they took and barely passed. While statistics can be thought about in these terms, there is more to the relationship between you and statistics than you probably imagine.

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Spinning the Statistics, Again

May 13, 2013

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We’ve been here before, but that doesn’t make the pain of statistical abuse any lighter.

A government, down in the polling dumps, gets anxious to extol its policies. It seizes eagerly on any sign they are working. Temptation looms, in the shape of exaggerating or, as some would say, actively misinterpreting data.

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getstats is a campaign of the Royal Statistical Society.

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Future of the Statistical Sciences Workshop
Activities

Statistics2013 Activities

May 13, 2013

Below are the Statistics2013 events and activities that will be held around the world this week. To see the complete list of activities for 2013, click here.

Statistics2013 Blog

Five Reasons For Choosing Biostatistics

May 13, 2013

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By Altea Lorenzo, Hèctor Perpiñán, Pilar Cacheiro, Silvia Lladosa & Urko Agirre of FreshBiostats

Choosing a professional career is always a challenge: it is a vital process in which we attempt to take into account our own interests, skills and personality, especially when our knowledge about the chosen profession is low. Knowing precisely what courses to take and experiences to line up seems to be one of the most important issues to address during this period.

As noted by different information sources—media and social networks, see here and here—what is now commonly called “data science” is becoming an emergent and fashionable career. Added to that, there are many other reasons for choosing to work in this area and we would like to show you our main motivations to make Biostatistics our future.

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ENBIS

Bhogle the Mind
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Statistics Against Irritations

May 13, 2013

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Recently I discussed my article which reported the results of the test where the takers had to tell the prose of Charles Dickens from the prose of Edward Bulwer-Lytton. The former is a required reading in school, and the latter has a bad writing contest named after him. Nevertheless, the test-takers performed on the level of random guessing. This research got some media attention.

While Mark Howarth’s article in The Daily Mail is rational, the article by Alison Flood in The Guardian is emotional. She even bills her talking points as “irritations”.

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Significance is a publication of the Royal Statistical Society and the American Statistical Association.

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How I Got into a Career in Statistics

May 13, 2013

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By Kylie Maxwell, Statistics New Zealand

Statistics New Zealand is one of the more than 1,900 organisations supporting Statistics2013. I've been working in Statistics NZ's Statistical Methods department for a year now. I didn't always see myself working in statistics.

I originally wanted a career in Science and undertook a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Marine Biology in 2007.

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