Data visualisation, data art and the law of large numbers.
Sample size is important
Sample size plays a critical roll in interpreting data; ignore at your peril.
Measles and numeracy problems
Some people in the anti-vaccination movement seem to struggle with maths.
Benford’s law and elections – part 2
A further look at digits in election data and electoral fraud detection.
Benford’s law and elections – part 1
A look at Benford’s law and its applicability (or lack thereof) to national elections, especially in the UK.
A short(ish) introduction to the binomial distribution
A brief introduction to the binomial distribution, one of the most important distributions in statistics. Includes an interactive graphic calculator.
Putting web workers to work
A demonstration of browser-based Monte Carlo simulations using web workers.
A screening-test tool for journalists
Introducing a simple tool I created to help journalists (and others) understand the usefulness (or possibly lack thereof) of screening tests.