Significance June 2021 issue

Discover how statistical ideas inform the design and implementation of biometric security systems, and how estimates of dangerous space debris are produced – all in the June 2021 issue of Significance, out now.

Also in this issue, Joseph Gastwirth and Qing Shi use three decades of data from a triennial survey of consumer finances to explore the changing face of wealth inequality in the USA, while Sheila Bird offers a personal account of the debate over rapid coronavirus screening in secondary schools in England.

Plus:

• Sticker packs and albums are part and parcel of the football fan experience. But Dr Tim Paulden and friends found some stickers harder to find than others.*
• Coding mistakes can lead to false results. Statisticians and data scientists should exploit best practices and tools in statistical programming to enhance reproducible analyses, say Simon Schwab and Leonhard Held.*
• Ron Kenett and Shirley Coleman outline the roles played by data and statistics in “Industry 4.0”.
• Christoph Kurz explores differential privacy, what it is and how it works.
• Amanda Golbeck shares stories from the lives of two notable statisticians, Elizabeth L Scott and FN David.

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* Free to read at time of publishing.