Straight Statistics Articles RSS Feed http://www.straightstatistics.org/articles/UK-Vital-Signs-economy-need-intensive-care en Spinning a wind-powered future http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/spinning-wind-powered-future <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/spinning-wind-powered-future" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/spinning-wind-powered-future#comments energy weather Fri, 10 Feb 2012 13:53:31 +0000 nigel.hawkes 729 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Squeezing Scottish drinkers until the pips squeak http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/squeezing-scottish-drinkers-until-pips-squeak <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> </p> <div class="field field-type-filefield field-field-file-attachments"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> <div class="filefield-file"><img class="filefield-icon field-icon-application-msword" alt="application/msword icon" src="http://www.straightstatistics.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/x-office-document.png" /><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/sites/default/files/attachments/MESAS_MUPBriefingPaper_250111-1.doc" type="application/msword; length=96768">MESAS_MUPBriefingPaper_250111-1.doc</a></div> </div> </div> </div> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/squeezing-scottish-drinkers-until-pips-squeak" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/squeezing-scottish-drinkers-until-pips-squeak#comments alcohol deaths Scotland Wed, 08 Feb 2012 14:39:21 +0000 nigel.hawkes 728 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Befriended on Facebook, alone in the world? http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/befriended-facebook-alone-world <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/befriended-facebook-alone-world" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/befriended-facebook-alone-world#comments cancer polls surveys Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:10:33 +0000 nigel.hawkes 727 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Alcohol-related hospital admissions set to tumble http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/alcohol-related-hospital-admissions-set-tumble <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> <p> Headlines asserting that hospital admissions attributable to alcohol have doubled since 2004 to over a million a year could soon be just a nasty memory.</p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/alcohol-related-hospital-admissions-set-tumble" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/alcohol-related-hospital-admissions-set-tumble#comments alcohol deaths Department of Health healthcare Information Centre Thu, 26 Jan 2012 11:28:53 +0000 nigel.hawkes 725 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Ministers rapped for “benefit tourist” claims http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/ministers-rapped-%E2%80%9Cbenefit-tourist%E2%80%9D-claims <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/ministers-rapped-%E2%80%9Cbenefit-tourist%E2%80%9D-claims" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/ministers-rapped-%E2%80%9Cbenefit-tourist%E2%80%9D-claims#comments DWP Home Office migration UK Statistics Authority Wed, 25 Jan 2012 15:06:21 +0000 nigel.hawkes 724 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Measuring the delays in coroner-certified deaths http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/measuring-delays-coroner-certified-deaths <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sheila Bird and Patrick Mercer MP </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/measuring-delays-coroner-certified-deaths" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/measuring-delays-coroner-certified-deaths#comments ONS. deaths Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:39:45 +0000 nigel.hawkes 723 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Gloucestershire’s surging birth rate: is it something in the water? http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/gloucestershire%E2%80%99s-surging-birth-rate-it-something-water <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Nigel Hawkes </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/gloucestershire%E2%80%99s-surging-birth-rate-it-something-water" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/gloucestershire%E2%80%99s-surging-birth-rate-it-something-water#comments births local government schools Thu, 19 Jan 2012 13:19:53 +0000 nigel.hawkes 722 at http://www.straightstatistics.org How common is research misconduct in the UK? http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/how-common-research-misconduct-uk <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sheila Bird </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/how-common-research-misconduct-uk" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/how-common-research-misconduct-uk#comments regulation research surveys Mon, 16 Jan 2012 11:50:23 +0000 nigel.hawkes 720 at http://www.straightstatistics.org Boundary Commissioners seduced by the lure of averages http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/boundary-commissioners-seduced-lure-averages <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Hywel Roberts </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/boundary-commissioners-seduced-lure-averages" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/boundary-commissioners-seduced-lure-averages#comments election local government Parliament Wales Fri, 13 Jan 2012 15:12:20 +0000 nigel.hawkes 718 at http://www.straightstatistics.org One question or two? Let's have a referendum http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/one-question-or-two-lets-have-referendum <div class="field field-type-text field-field-article-author"> <div class="field-items"> <div class="field-item odd"> Sheila Bird </div> </div> </div> </p> <p><a href="http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/one-question-or-two-lets-have-referendum" target="_blank">read more</a></p> http://www.straightstatistics.org/article/one-question-or-two-lets-have-referendum#comments government Parliament politics Scotland Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:00:16 +0000 nigel.hawkes 717 at http://www.straightstatistics.org