November is Academic Writing Month at ANU. No better time thus to put the translation process of data to words in the spotlight. “The secret language of statistics, so appealing in a fact minded culture, is employed to sensationalise, inflate, confuse, and oversimplify. Statistical methods and statistical terms are necessary in reporting the mass data […]
Today is World Statistics Day 2020! Now, I can hear you think: Is there a day for statistics? Like, really?? Surely this is only celebrated by statisticians a.k.a. old grey bearded men? Thankfully we are long past the time when checking the box for sporting a grey beard was required to obtain the qualification of […]
Last month we discussed that learning the language of statistics is crucial to communicating your research. Now is the time to look a bit more closely at some ambiguous terms that are often thrown around in conversations on analysis of research data. Obviously, this is not an exhaustive list and if you would like to […]