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Honoring Two Unsung Heroes of the Federal Statistical System

By Howard J. Silver | Published: April 10, 2017

Howard Silver looks at two distinguished individuals who have toiled for long periods of time in an area that receives attention only from those who understand the importance of data and statistics to the well-being of a democratic state

Posted in Early Career, Public Policy, Recognition | Also tagged COPAFS, Statistical System | Leave a comment

The ‘Edutainer’ of Data: Hans Rosling, 1948-2017

By Social Science Space | Published: February 8, 2017

Hans Rosling, a epidemiologist whose gained global attention with twin messages of the power of stats and of hope, has died.

Posted in Impact, News | Also tagged Hans Rosling, Passings | Leave a comment

How Statistics Are Twisted to Obscure Public Understanding

By Jonathan R. Goodman | Published: September 23, 2016

We likely all remember the maxim about statistics and lies. Statistical data do not allow for lies so much as semantic manipulation, explains Jonathan Goodman. In short, numbers drive the misuse of words.

Posted in Higher Education Reform | Tagged Statistics | 1 Comment

Free Article Collection in Honor of World Statistics Day

By SAGE | Published: October 19, 2015

How do you make the world better place? There is no lack of prescriptions, but one of the surer bets, even if less likely to first spring to mind, is through good statistics widely analyzed. “Solid data,” says Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations, “are an indispensable basis for informed policy formulation and for […]

Exploring the Nexus of Big Data and Official Statistics

By Rob Kitchin | Published: September 3, 2015

While it might seem natural for so-called Big Data to supplement, improve or replace existing datasets and statistics, or provide entirely new statistical outputs for government agencies, some careful footwork is needed before heading too far down that path, argues Rob Kitchin.

Posted in News | Also tagged Big Data, Discover Society | Leave a comment

Democracy’s Statistician: Janet L. Norwood, 1923-2015

By Social Science Space | Published: April 7, 2015

Unflappable and nonpartisan, the late economist Janet Norwood blazed a path as a pioneering female statistician and bureaucrat who served multiple presidents as the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Posted in Announcements, News | Also tagged BLS, Economics, Passings | Leave a comment

Campaigning for Social Science: Public Sociology and ‘Public Sociologists’

By Robert Dingwall | Published: March 29, 2015

The arrival of a report calling for the British government to better support social science has raised questions about the role, responses and responsibilities of a 'public sociology.'

Former Deputy Takes Over Bureau of Economic Analysis

By Social Science Space | Published: September 26, 2014

The former deputy director of the Bureau of Economic Analysis has been named to head the federal organization that produces the benchmark GDP number for the U.S. Department of Commerce. Brian Moyer had been serving as acting director since May 2, when Steve Landefeld retired after 19 years leading the BEA. Moyer first joined the […]

Posted in Announcements, Recent Appointments | Also tagged BEA | Leave a comment

It Matters When Science is Misunderstood

By James Dyke | Published: September 23, 2014

A much-shared screed against various types of science --including, predictably, most social science--has James Dyke scratching his head and quoting Wolfgang Pauli: 'This isn't right. This isn't even wrong.'

Posted in Communication, International Debates | Also tagged Climate Change, Science | Leave a comment

Statistics’ Crisis of Reproducibility

By Organizing Committee of the Future of the Statistical Sciences Workshop | Published: July 21, 2014

After Big Data, one of the most controversial topics in statistics workshop is the problem of reproducibility in scientific research.

Big Data: No Free Lunch for Protecting Privacy

By Organizing Committee of the Future of the Statistical Sciences Workshop | Published: July 18, 2014

In the first of a series of excerpts from a just released report summarizing 2013's International Year of Statistics' London conference, we look at one of the down sides of Big Data.

Return to Planet Quantophrenia

By Robert Dingwall | Published: June 23, 2014

Robert Dingwall argues that numeracy and and a grasp of quantitative method of course have a place in the education of a social scientist, but they shouldn't be the only skills in the graduate's quiver. How about he ability to walk around, for one?

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Honoring Two Unsung Heroes of the Federal Statistical System

How Statistics Are Twisted to Obscure Public Understanding

Free Article Collection in Honor of World Statistics Day

Exploring the Nexus of Big Data and Official Statistics

It Matters When Science is Misunderstood

Statistics’ Crisis of Reproducibility

Big Data: No Free Lunch for Protecting Privacy

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