#Statistics

SailingAway

Heatherleatt

At the heart of A level results mess is a system that doesn’t put people (students, teachers) at its centre, valuing statistics first. Since Gove’s reforms, every year at GCSE

Drew Holden

DrewHolden360

I ask this earnestly: is there any evidence - even a shred - that if Biden or some other Democrat were in the White House that things would be different?

Neil O'Brien MP

NeilDotObrien

JUST ONE GRAPH IN THE DAILY MAIL - a thread. The Daily Mail published this chart. 2 things about it struck me. First, I’d seen the same data from the

Tim Harford

TimHarford

There's not much evidence that Stalin ever said this, but the quote points to an important truth: we are often willing to sling statistics around to win arguments, while having

Chase Whitney

chasewhitney_re

Just did some digging on WI voter turnout. They are saying that there is an 89% voter turnout in 2020. Impressive. BUT, the US average (predicted by WaPo) for 2020

Philippa H Stewart

Flip_Stewart

Oh hey! It’s #InternationalMensDay. And as is traditional, I will not be snide because there are men and boys who need help and recognition and they are not the same

Luna

Luna87090773

Are relationships resulting from dating apps successful? In this time and day, people use apps such as Tinder, Bumble, Hinge, and many more in search for a relationship. Have you

Fadi Munshi

munshifm

Item analysis (IA) is the process of analyzing the performance of a MCQ after it has appeared in a test. It is a quality control tool used to complete a

Chris Musson

ChrisMusson

Nicola Sturgeon has just quoted unpublished figures when questioned about these figures below by @Mike_Blackley, which she branded "inaccurate"FM said as of 8.30am, 34% of over 80s vaccinated in Scotland,

Donald Welsh

DonaldWelsh16

A few thoughts this morning. If you get your C19 news from a:1)TV anchor with no science background in 30 second bites;2)newspaper who sponsors content and has their best sports

Eric Feigl-Ding

DrEricDing

Sweden excess deaths is at an epic high in 100+ years. 2020 has both the **most number of excess deaths** & **highest per capita excess deaths** than any year

Christine Benz

christine_benz

I've been obsessed with long-term care for a while now. That's mainly because my parents both required long-term care later in their lives, but also because it's an expensive, confusing

Event support

Eventsupport3

54,000,000 ish people in England121 deaths linked to C19 y/dayNote attached: 'Deaths of people who have tested positively for COVID-19 could in some cases be due to a DIFFERENT cause'

UK Statistics Authority

UKStatsAuth

On this day in 1917, Stella Cunliffe was born. She became the first female President of the @RoyalStatSoc in 1975 and during her life was associated with many famous institutions

Yardley Yeadon

MichaelYeadon3

Full fact are embarrassing themselves. It’s not possible to assert “false positives are not common enough...” as Govt has stated it doesn’t know the false positive rate.When I wrote my

Larry the Cat

Number10cat

The elected representative for the people of Telford suggests she’s been prevented from talking about road deaths in comparison to deaths from the coronavirus pandemic. So I’ve pulled together the

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