Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced
Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Ibrahim’s winning article is titled “Primum non nocere: First, do no harm” and it will be published in the December 2020 issue of Significance.
By Brian Tarran
Winner of Early-Career Writing Award announced
Maria Ibrahim was this week named as the winner of the 2020 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Ibrahim’s winning article is titled “Primum non nocere: First, do no harm” and it will be published in the December 2020 issue of Significance.
By Brian Tarran
Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020
We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first annual conference to take place entirely online – and Significance has several sessions lined up...
By Brian Tarran
Lethality of Covid-19 in Great Britain over 12 registration weeks
Excess deaths – the number of those dying above the average of the past five years – is a crucial metric for assessing the lethality of Covid-19. It measures the...
By Sheila M. Bird and Bent Nielsen
Angela Saini, Stats + Stories, and more: Significance at RSS 2020
We are just over two weeks away from RSS 2020, the Royal Statistical Society’s first annual conference to take place entirely online – and Significance has several sessions lined up to tell you about.
By Brian Tarran
Lethality of Covid-19 in Great Britain over 12 registration weeks
Excess deaths – the number of those dying above the average of the past five years – is a crucial metric for assessing the lethality of Covid-19. It measures the immediate toll, both direct and indirect, that the virus, SARS-CoV-2, has exacted.
By Sheila M. Bird and Bent Nielsen
Covid-19 deaths: How are gender, age and underlying health condition related?
Much has been said about the demographic trends of Covid-19. It has been widely reported that deaths are more common in males; more common in the elderly; and more common amongst those with an “underlying health condition”. But to what extent is this the case? And how are these variables associated with each other?
By James Jackson
Covid-19 deaths: How are gender, age and underlying health condition related?
Much has been said about the demographic trends of Covid-19. It has been widely reported that deaths are more common in males; more common in the elderly; and more common amongst those with an “underlying health condition”. But to what extent is this the case? And how are these variables associated with each other?
By James Jackson
