Statistical Ambassador: Year Two

I reflect on my second year as a Statistical Ambassador.

In June 2018, the Royal Statistical Society selected me as a Statistical Ambassador. A misunderstood statistic can have dire consequences. We aim to improve public understanding of statistics. We work with policy-makers, researchers, journalists, and the public.

Second Year

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

Statistic of the Year and Decade

I helped with the RSS 2019 Statistics of the Year and Statistics of the Decade (2010–2019).

It is an estimate: I estimated it. (Image: RSS)

I checked the submitted figures.

The work also involved a recalculation of the Amazon deforestation estimate. That estimate had international coverage, including on Leonardo DiCaprio’s Instagram page.

Survey Research Primer

Patrick English (Exeter) asked me to write about the principles of survey research.

A survey estimate can be thought of one reading, from many possible readings. (Image: Wild/Auckland)

The article for POL/SOC1041 students covered purposes, terms, methods, and errors. It was good to…