Significance

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People from all walks of life rely on statistics and statistical analysis to make better decisions. Scientists use statistics to assess the effectiveness of drugs, politicians to develop policy, and company managers to create and improve products and services. Significance explains how and why statistics helps in these and other areas of life, science and commerce. Our articles are written by statisticians for anyone with an interest in the analysis and interpretation of data.

We challenge myths, provide a unique perspective on the stories of the day, and use statistics to address society's most difficult questions.

How to access Significance online
Significance is an official magazine of the Royal Statistical Society, the American Statistical Association (ASA) and the Statistical Society of Australia (SSA).

RSS members can access the latest Significance content, with unrestricted access on the OUP website.

For all archived content up to the end of 2022, please log in to the Publications page within My RSS, then follow the ‘View’ link underneath the image of Significance magazine.  This will redirect you to the Significance homepage on the OUP website, with all content unlocked and available to read.

ASA and SSA members can access Significance via their respective website portals.

Significance also has a website featuring exclusive statistics-related content.

Get involved

Submit article ideas via email (significance@rss.org.uk). Contributions must be original and not under consideration for publication elsewhere. However, we do accept articles based on published (or soon-to-be-published) scientific papers.

Further information for contributors can be found on the Significance website.

• Editorial

  Editor
  Anna Britten

  Editorial board
  RSS members:
  Sandra Alba (KIT Royal Tropical Institute)
  Mario Cortina Borja (University College London)
  Carlos Grajales (Statistical consultant)
  Robert Matthews (Aston University)
  Jordi Prats Rodríguez (Segula Technologies, Barcelona)
  Nicola Rennie (Lancaster University, UK)
  Theresa Smith (University of Bath)
  James Tucker (Office for National Statistics)
  Michael Wallace (University of Waterloo)
  ZhiMin Xiao (University of Essex)
  
  ASA members:
  James Cochran (University of Alabama)
  Marco Geraci (Sapienza University of Rome)
  Amanda Golbeck (University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences)
  Mary J. Kwasny (Northwestern University)
  Claire McKay Bowen (Urban Institute)
  Megan Price (Human Rights Data Analysis Group)
  V. A. Samaranayake (Missouri University of Science and Technology)
  Mary Ryan (Yale Center for Analytical Sciences)
  Susan Spruill (Applied Statistics and Consulting)
  Kelly H. Zou (Viatris)
  
  SSA members
  Susanna Cramb (Queensland University of Technology, Australia)
  Damjan Vukcevic (Monash University)

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Print ISSN: 1740-9705.
Online ISSN: 1740-9713

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