Stats + Stories

Stats + Short Stories 36: And The Winner Is…

With Special Guest: Dr. Susan Ellenberg

Dr. Susan Ellenberg is Professor of Biostatistics, Department of Biostatistics, Epidemiology and Informatics, Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, with a secondary appointment in the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. Her primary area of research and applications is the design, conduct and analysis of clinical trials. Prior to her appointment at Penn, she held appointments at the FDA and NIH. She was the ​Chair of the International Prize in Statistics Foundation that will be awarded at the World Statistics Congress in July 2017.

Stats + Stories 35: Counting Crime

With Special Guest: Jeri M. Mulrow

Jeri M. Mulrow is the Acting Director for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. BJS’s mission is to collect, analyze, and disseminate information on crime, criminal offenders, victims of crime, and the operation of justice systems at all levels of government. BJS is a component of the Office of Justice Programs in the Department of Justice.

Stats + Short Stories 34: Spotting Fake News

With Special Guest: Mona Chalabi

Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) is the Data Editor of The Guardian US and a columnist at New York Magazine. As well as co-producing a four-part documentary series about vaginas , Mona has written for TV shows on National Geographic, the BBC and VICE. Mona draws. Her illustrations, which are designed to make numbers more relatable, can be viewed on her Instagram account and were recently commended by the Royal Statistical Society. Before getting into journalism, Mona worked in the nonprofit sector, first at the Bank of England, then Transparency International and the International Organization for Migration.

Stats + Stories 33: Sifting Through Noisy Data to Find Stories

With Special Guest: Mona Chalabi

Mona Chalabi (@MonaChalabi) is the Data Editor of The Guardian US and a columnist at New York Magazine. As well as co-producing a four-part documentary series about vaginas, Mona has written for TV shows on National Geographic, the BBC and VICE. Mona draws. Her illustrations, which are designed to make numbers more relatable, can be viewed on her Instagram account and were recently commended by the Royal Statistical Society. Before getting into journalism, Mona worked in the nonprofit sector, first at the Bank of England, then Transparency International and the International Organization for Migration.

Program note: During this episode, Mona described a recent story she had written about the departure of John Thompson, Director of the Census Bureau and recent guest on S+S (Episode #32). Given the connection between the episodes, we opted to expedite the release of this latest episode. We hope that you will enjoy these conversations.

Stats + Stories 032: Complete and Accurate Counts: Planning and Conducting the Decennial Census

With Special Guest: John H. Thompson

​John H. Thompson is the 24th Census Bureau Director. The Census Bureau prepares the 2020 Census and over more than 100 other censuses and surveys, which measure America's people, places and economy, and provide the basis for crucial economic indicators such as the unemployment rate.

Stats + Short Stories 031: Getting the sense of US from the Census

With Special Guest: John H. Thompson

​John H. Thompson is the 24th Census Bureau Director. The Census Bureau prepares the 2020 Census and over more than 100 other censuses and surveys, which measure America's people, places and economy, and provide the basis for crucial economic indicators such as the unemployment rate.

Stats + Stories 030: Do's and Dont's of Data Journalism

With Special Guest: Andrew Flowers

Andrew Flowers (@andrewflowers) is a freelance data journalist and a former quantitative editor at FiveThirtyEight.com. He writes about economics, trade, welfare, sports and more.

Stats + Short Stories S1 029: So​ a​ 70-30 support split is not a sure thing?

With Special Guest: Andrew Flowers

Andrew Flowers (@andrewflowers) is a freelance data journalist and a former quantitative editor at FiveThirtyEight.com. He writes about economics, trade, welfare, sports and more.

Stats + Stories 028: If your friend believes it, then it must be true - Tracking the spread of fake news across networks.

With Special Guest: Filippo Menczer

Filippo Menczer is a professor of informatics and computer science at Indiana University, Bloomington. He is an ACM Distinguished Scientist and a Senior Research Fellow of The Kinsey Institute. His research focuses on Web and data science, social network analysis, social computation, Web mining, and modeling of complex information networks. His work on the spread of information and misinformation in social media has been covered in many US and international news sources, including The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, NPR, PBS, CNN, BBC, Economist, Guardian, Atlantic, Reuters, Science, and Nature. His recent work includes Hoaxy, a way to "visualize the spread of claims and fact checking."

Stats + Short Stories 027 S1: I'd give that study 4 stars: considering the quality of research.

With Special Guest: David Spiegelhalther

David Spiegelhalther is Winton Professor for the Public Understanding of Risk in the Statistical Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, Chair of the Winton Centre for Risk and Evidence Communication, and President of the Royal Statistical Society. He is passionate about helping the public understand uncertainty and risk.    His recent book, Sex by Numbers, describes scientific research that provides a view of the world of sex.