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.
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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.
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
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:
