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Life expectancy falls in US

nigel.hawkes — Fri, 10 Dec 2010 10:29:24 +0000

Life expectancy in the US dropped between 2007 and 2008, after years of steady increase.

Cameras off, accidents up?

nigel.hawkes — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 10:30:33 +0000

In today’s Times, David Aaronovitch (p 19) concludes that the demise of speed cameras will increase road casualties – a reasonable conclusion given academic evidence that, ev

Blackpool Hoopla game exposed

nigel.hawkes — Wed, 26 May 2010 14:49:05 +0000

A statistician has provided evidence that helped to convict a Blackpool stallholder of running a game of hoopla that was almost impossible to win, report the

Improving public trust in statistics

nigel.hawkes — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:49:24 +0000

How do the three major political parties plan to improve public trust in official statistics?

Party leaders urged to use statistics honestly

nigel.hawkes — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 13:42:01 +0000

Play it straight, urges the President of the Royal Statistical Society in a letter to party leaders in advance of the election.

UK Data site launched

nigel.hawkes — Fri, 22 Jan 2010 11:15:52 +0000

The new Government data site, www.data.gov.uk, has opened for business.

RSS President to become Chief Scientific Adviser at the Home Office

nigel.hawkes — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:21:59 +0000

Professor Bernard Silverman, the current President of the Royal Statistical Society, has been appointed Chief Scientific Adviser to the Home Office, it was

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No trust in crime statistics

nigel.hawkes — Tue, 29 Dec 2009 12:15:28 +0000

Unnoticed in the pre-Christmas rush, the UK Statistics Authority has published a report on crime statistics.

The big data giveaway

nigel.hawkes — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 09:48:45 +0000

The Government is planning a big data giveaway in an attempt to encourage new ventures based on innovative ways of using it.

GDP: no comfort for economists or Alistair Darling

nigel.hawkes — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:34:46 +0000

Figures released today show that the UK economy was still in recession in the third quarter of 2009.