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Introducing…
SIGNIFICANCE
The new magazine of the Royal Statistical Society
Visit www.blackwellpublishing.com/sign for more information
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AIMS AND SCOPE
SIGNIFICANCE will be launched in 2004 as a new quarterly magazine for
anyone interested in statistics and the analysis and interpretation of
data. Its aim is to communicate and demonstrate, in an entertaining and
thought-provoking way, the practical use of statistics in all walks of life
and to show how statistics benefit society.
Articles will be largely non-technical and hence accessible and appealing,
not only to members of the profession, but also to all users of statistics.
As well as promoting the discipline and covering topics of professional
relevance, Significance will contain a mixture of statistics in the news,
case-studies, reviews of existing and newly developing areas of statistics,
the application of techniques in practice and problem solving, all with an
international flavour.
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FORTHCOMING FEATURES INCLUDE:
Janet Heffernan and Jonathan Tawn on their experiences of contributing to
the High Court Investigation into the sinking of the MV Derbyshire -
extreme value statistics played a vital role in solving the mystery
surrounding the sinking
David Spiegelhalter and Nicky Best on the Shipman Enquiry
Angela Dale on the census, focusing on issues involved in access to data
versus the risk of disclosure
Simon Briscoe on why the Financial Times decided to do a house price index,
what the various available measures show, what is in the FT index, and how
it will be 5 years until we have a perfect index
Wally Gilks presenting a personal view of the new science of
bioinformatics, and the challenges it presents to statisticians
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THE EDITOR…
Significance will be edited by Helen Joyce. Helen has a BA in Maths and
Statistics and a PhD in Mathematics from University College London. She
also edits Plus, http://plus.maths.org, an on-line magazine about
mathematics and its applications.
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Contributions should be sent to [log in to unmask] or to the Royal
Statistical Society, 12 Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX, UK
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