Out now: Significance July 2025

The July issue of Significance is out now and available to read online. This issue covers a range of fascinating topics, from investments in Broadway to a controversial US gunshot detection system. We also take a dive into astrology with a statistical analysis of the effect of dragon and snake years on marriages and births.
 
July 2025 issue highlights:
Broadway musicals                                                                
How hard is it really to make money on Broadway?
 
Chinese astrology                                                                    
The effect of dragon and snake years on marriages
and births
 
Author Georgina Sturge                                                        
The data analyst and author discusses
the riveting history of British official statistics
 
Pew Research Center’s Courtney Kennedy                 
We interview the vice president of methods and innovation
at the leading US “fact-tank”
 
Patient and public involvement and engagement     
Is there any point in involving members of the public in
your highly technical statistical methodology research?
 
Gunshot detection technology                                          
Analysing data to interrogate the claims of
a controversial US gunshot detection system
 
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