September 24, 2012

Stat of the Week Competition Discussion: September 22 – 28 2012

If you’d like to comment on or debate any of this week’s Stat of the Week nominations, please do so below!

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Rachel Cunliffe is the co-director of CensusAtSchool and currently consults for the Department of Statistics. Her interests include statistical literacy, social media and blogging. See all posts by Rachel Cunliffe »

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    Nick Iversen

    An interesting statistical problem: given that most cars and buses on the Golden Mile are travelling at less than 20kmh what is the effect of reducing the speed limit from 30 to 20?

    I think the answer could be estimated by looking at existing speeds and doing some calculations. Some investigative journalism anyone? I bet the data is already available.

    12 years ago

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    Thomas Lumley

    Steve Black: even after removing the special schools there is a still a positive correlation between class size and performance, which is statistically significant for reading and writing. See Eric Crampton’s analyses for the details.

    12 years ago