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[1 May 2020 | Comments Off on Significance Special Issue Celebrates Florence Nightingale | 845 views]

In its April 2020 issue, Significance celebrates the bicentenary of the birth of Florence Nightingale with a special collection of articles about the renowned nurse, statistician, and reformer.

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[1 Jul 2019 | Comments Off on Significance Considers Francis Galton’s Legacy | 679 views]

The June issue of Significance is out in digital format and focuses on the legacy of Francis Galton, statistical pioneer and eugenicist. How should we best commemorate Galton’s statistical achievements while not downplaying or overlooking his disturbing views on race?

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[1 Mar 2019 | Comments Off on Data Viz Artists Tell the Story of the Sinking of the Titanic | 556 views]

The sinking of the Titanic motivated data visualization designers to tell the story of the tragedy in new ways, using a variety of graphical methods.

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[2 Jan 2019 | Comments Off on Significance Highlights: December Issue Covers Thorny Issues | 658 views]

The December 2018 issue of Significance is out in digital format. It explores data ethics, extreme floods, and other thorny issues.

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[1 Dec 2018 | Comments Off on Significance Explores Statistics in Court | 460 views]

The latest issue of Significance features articles about gerrymandering, epidemiology on trial, and dealing with ethical dilemmas.

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[1 Jan 2018 | Comments Off on Significance Spotlights Arithmetic Mean in December Issue | 1,007 views]

The December 2017 issue of Significance is now available in print and digital formats. The cover story tells the history of the arithmetic mean.

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[1 Nov 2017 | Comments Off on October Significance Features Great Migration of African Americans | 1,410 views]

The October 2017 issue of Significance is out in print and digital formats. The cover story presents a graphical account of the Great Migration of African Americans in the century following their emancipation from slavery.

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[1 Oct 2017 | Comments Off on Significance Features Interview with Andreas Georgiou | 853 views]

The August issue of Significance is available. Included is an interview with Andreas Georgiou, the former head of the Greek National Statistics Institute who has faced years of criminal investigations.

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[1 Apr 2016 | Comments Off on Significance Gets New Look | 701 views]

To coincide with the start of a new volume of Significance, both the print and online magazine underwent a major redesign.

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[1 Jun 2010 | Comments Off on First Joint Issue Offers Fair Bit to Enjoy | 1,540 views]

As the result of a partnership between the ASA and Royal Statistical Society, every member of the ASA
will receive Significance in addition to Amstat News starting in September. The first joint issue will contain a mix of the important, the topical, the scientific, and, occasionally, the whimsical.