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Nigel Hawkes :: Thu, 03/05/2012 - 10:08

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Statistical interpreters: the wave of the future?

Here’s the good news. Among the relatively few human skills that a new book says will survive the onslaught of the computer is statistical insight.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 17/04/2012 - 16:41

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Thanks for holding during this busy time ...

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 01/11/2011 - 18:00

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FTSE Directors’ pay: not quite what it seems?

Nigel Hawkes :: Mon, 31/01/2011 - 16:06

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Too quick to bury the high street?

Last week Ordnance Survey issued a press release about changes on the high street as a result of the recession.

Nigel Hawkes :: Tue, 07/12/2010 - 16:43

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Funny figuring on the cost of human rights’ legislation

The Taxpayers’ Alliance claims today that adherence to the European Convention on Human Rights has cost the UK £17.3

Tue, 14/04/2009 - 10:34

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Sexy Statisticians

Are statisticians sexy? Well, some are ...

Hal Varian, Chief Economist for Google, (pictured here) thinks being a statistician is a very sexy job. Here's what he had to say recently in McKinsey Quarterly