The September issue of
Significance is out now and available online. This issue turns its eyes to the heavens with a focus on statistics and space, including articles on the
Challenger tragedy, an interview with a senior NASA data analyst and an exploration of how astronauts stay alive and injury-free thanks to statistical techniques.
September issue highlights:
Lunar gait
How statistical techniques help us understand how we move when on the Moon
Safe spacesuits
Using uncertainty quantification at NASA
Neglected tropical diseases
A spatial solution to controlling diseases such as leprosy
Stand-up comedians
Shakespeare, Seinfeld and small-world networks
Teaching stats to the scared
How to win over students who aren’t taking statistics out of choice
Interview: Shawn Domagal-Goldman
The NASA exoplanet hunter describes his work using data to find extraterrestrial life
Bad stats: the Challenger disaster
Our new regular series revisiting well-known statistical screw-ups.
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