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    <title>UK industry not quite dead, despite Sarkozy</title>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:05:50 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Death rates in a Welsh village misconstrued </title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2012 18:09:31 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Percentagewise, it’s a common error</title>
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	If a price doubles, is it 200 per cent higher? No, it&amp;rsquo;s 100 per cent higher.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Fri, 13 Jan 2012 16:22:38 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>16,000 new supermarkets on the drawing board?</title>
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	&lt;em&gt;The Guardian&amp;rsquo;s&lt;/em&gt; Reader&amp;rsquo;s Editor admits today that the paper is not too good with numbers.&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Mon, 09 Jan 2012 17:56:23 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>The right choice for chair of the UKSA</title>
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	Finally, after a false start and much delay, we have the right appointment for the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority &amp;ndash; Andrew Dilnot (pictured)&lt;/p&gt;
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 <pubDate>Thu, 08 Dec 2011 17:10:22 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Britain’s record on cancer: an update</title>
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 <pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 11:48:32 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>How many claim for unfair dismissal?</title>
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 <pubDate>Wed, 26 Oct 2011 19:13:07 +0000</pubDate>
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    <title>Careless talk costs credibility</title>
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	Could somebody take Steve McCabe MP aside and quietly explain to him what statistical significance means?&lt;/p&gt;
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    <title>Wanted - a Solomon to rule over statistics</title>
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	There is a member&amp;rsquo;s debate at 5.30 pm today in the Scottish Parliament, on a motion proposed by Scottish Nationalist MSP James Dornan, (pictured) the &amp;nbsp;member for Glasgow Cathcart.&lt;/p&gt;
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