In this remarkable post, a Mathematician interprets data in a way that stuns others. It’s a long, but fascinating insight into the way Statistics can be applied during conflict to save lives.
An interesting article from the BBC, written by Kit Yates, Director of the Centre for Mathematical Biology at the University of Bath and the author of The Maths of Life and Death, and How to Expect the Unexpected If you look at where previous winners of the world’s most famous cycling race are from, a surprisingly common […]
New Zealand golfer Amelia Garvey has pulled off a remarkable feat in a US tournament, becoming the first professional to ever record an albatross, a hole-in-one and an eagle on three separate holes of a round. Competing in the final round of the Royal St. Cloud Women’s Championship on the NXXT Tour, Garvey shot a final-round […]
Air travel is the safest mode of transport. In 2019, there were just under 70 million flights globally, with only 287 fatalities. According to the US National Safety Council’s analysis of census data, the odds of dying in a plane are about 1 in 205,552, compared with 1 in 102 in a car. Even so, […]
In the field of cryptozoology – the study of animals which have not yet been proven to exist – there are no bigger questions than what is Bigfoot and the Loch Ness monster. Now, a scientist has used statistics to try and explain the legends of two of the world’s most high profile urban myths. […]
From CNN: The scandal engulfing Columbia University and U.S. News & World Report rose to a new level last week, when Columbia acknowledged that some of the figures it had submitted last year to U.S. News were inaccurate. U.S. News initially removed Columbia from its ranking entirely, then demoted it from second to 18th place […]
The Fear & Greed Index is a way to gauge stock market movements and whether stocks are fairly priced. The theory is based on the logic that excessive fear tends to drive down share prices, and too much greed tends to have the opposite effect. How is Fear & Greed Calculated? The Fear & Greed […]
It was a crazy idea—to skateboard across Australia. With those snakes, deserts, and wilderness, it could be…very dangerous! Mathematics comes to the rescue in the form of summary statistics. Students often overlook the importance of using statistics for practical activities. Statistics are widely used across all sports. Check out more about Tom Dury’s 4000km trek […]
