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Google Searches, Beer Miles, and What the Data Reveals

August 3, 2026 Leave a Comment

Cover of Significance magazine for July with a trail of beer bottles behind a runner and the headline "Chug Run Repeat"

This issue covers Google’s death-search data; a statistical look at the “beer mile”; and pieces on prison remand, mass shootings, kurtosis, and misleading data practices.

Finding the Statistics in the Prelude

June 1, 2026 Leave a Comment

This month’s cover feature finds hidden patterns in Chopin’s “Preludes,” and you may be moved by the pattern more than the music itself.

‘Significance’ Highlights | From Santa Claus to Taylor Swift: What the Data Reveals

February 2, 2026 Leave a Comment

The cover of Significance Magazine with Santa Claus on it.

This issue of Significance Magazine features two global superstars: Santa Claus and Taylor Swift.

September ‘Significance’ Features African Voices in Statistics, Data Science

October 1, 2025 Leave a Comment

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The September issue features African perspectives on policymaking, education, agriculture, AI, and data-driven solutions to challenges across the continent.

Significance Highlights | Broadway Dreams: Data Behind the Drama

August 1, 2025 Leave a Comment

Broadway musicals meet data analysis in this month’s Significance Highlights.

Is It Luck or Skill? May Issue Focuses on Prediction Tournaments

June 2, 2025 Leave a Comment

This issue’s cover feature is a must-read for anyone who enjoys the educational guessing games known as prediction tournaments.

Significance Highlights: March Issue Takes on Data During War, Conflict

April 1, 2025 Leave a Comment

The March issue of Significance explores the challenges of gathering reliable data in war zones, highlighting innovative statistical approaches to measuring conflict effects, humanitarian needs, and diverse topics from hypothesis testing to mental health classification.

January Issue of “Significance” Focuses on Statistics and Aging

February 3, 2025 Leave a Comment

By 2050, more than a fifth of the global population will be aged 60 or older. The January issue of Significance focuses on statistics and aging.

Statisticians Save Day in November Issue of Significance

December 2, 2024 Leave a Comment

Statisticians ‘save the day’ in two articles this issue, showing us statisticians can be game-changing if they are given a seat at the table.

September Issue of Significance Focuses on Statistics, Space

October 1, 2024 Leave a Comment

The September issue turns to the heavens with a focus on statistics and space, from the Challenger disaster to safe spacesuits.

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