May 13, 2019
Briefly
- Some very good science reporting from Dylan Cleaver (traditionally a sports reporter) in the NZ$ Herald, on what’s known and what’s controversial in sports brain injury. The last of the three-part series is here.
- And explaining colds and flu and the immune system in The Age (Melbourne), co-written by a PhD student and the newspaper’s science reporter.
- Twitter bot @BeehiveBanter gives daily summaries of the most common words used in Parliament
- This went moderately viral on Twitter
There’s obviously something wrong with these numbers — in fact, food is one of the things that’s gotten cheaper in real terms. Some follow-up shows that the income is inflation-adjusted and the bread prices aren’t. - From StatsNZ How wealthy are you compared with households like you? Find out with our new app: statisticsnz.shinyapps.io/wealth/
- Good explanation from the Grattan Institute on a misleading Australian housing statistic that keeps recurring
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »
The article on the NZ Heralds pay-walled, isn’t it?
6 years ago
Yes. Hence “NZ$ Herald”
6 years ago