Statistical Ambassador: Year Three

I reflect on my third year as an RSS Statistical Ambassador.

Back in June 2018, the Royal Statistical Society chose me as one of their Statistical Ambassadors. The purpose is to help journalists, policy-makers, researchers, and the public understand statistics.

Third Year

This article looks at my third year as a Statistical Ambassador.

Statistics of the Year, with quality information

I helped with the RSS 2020 Statistics of the Year. I checked the submitted figures. As part of that work, I wrote quality and methodology information for each main entry.

Helping journalists during the pandemic

The Covid-19 pandemic persists. After the third national lockdown in England, the Huffington Post had a quote from me about case numbers.

I also helped the Press Association check statistics for some unusual causes of death. That was after a comment by Prof Reicher (Cambridge).

I also gave an interview to the BBC World Service on counting Covid-19 deaths: