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Anthony B. Masters

The nonsense of Blue Monday

A marketing ‘equation’ persists to the present day.

3d ago

The nonsense of Blue Monday

3d ago

Rate Expectations: Interpreting Polls and the Mail on Sunday

Most people believe the PM will still be in office in 2026.

Jan 11

The Mail on Sunday front page for Sunday 05 January 2025. The main headline is: “Poll: Starmer will be out of No 10 in a year”.

Jan 11

Real-Time Reform Member Counts

Is the “live membership ticker” automated? No.

Jan 4

Real-Time Reform Member Counts

Jan 4

Log on, Shop on

What happened to internet retail sales in Great Britain?

Dec 28, 2024

Log on, Shop on

Dec 28, 2024

Building a graph, step by step

Data visualisation depends on analytical choices.

Dec 21, 2024

Building a graph, step by step

Dec 21, 2024

Data wrangling and name linkages

Answering a question about MPs leads to a lot of wrangling.

Dec 14, 2024

Data wrangling and name linkages

Dec 14, 2024

Enforced returns and enforced origins

A bar graph published by Labour does not start at zero.

Dec 7, 2024

Enforced returns and enforced origins

Dec 7, 2024

Private Members’ Bills and Balls from Urns

A statistical ideal becomes literal.

Nov 30, 2024

The Chairman of Ways and Means draws from a urn, to select which MPs can put forward a Private Members’ Bill.

Nov 30, 2024

Reflections on the 2024 RSS conference

All the way from Brighton.

Nov 23, 2024

Anthony Masters talking at the RSS conference, with Timandra Harkness looking on.

Nov 23, 2024

Evolving the measurement of inflation

How is the Office for National Statistics improving price stats?

Apr 30, 2022

Evolving the measurement of inflation

Apr 30, 2022

Anthony B. Masters

Anthony B. Masters

This blog looks at the use of statistics in Britain and beyond. It is written by RSS Statistical Ambassador and Chartered Statistician @anthonybmasters.

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