In the age of alternative facts, taking aim at dodgy data has never been more important. And while statistics can be baffling and even misleading, Sir David Spiegelhalter, Cambridge University ...

Lifting persons in developing countries out of poverty and improving the stance of the country itself has long been a challenge faced by governments, with the Greater Caribbean being no exception.

How does the government decide whether speciality hospitals centrally located are preferrable to general hospitals across the country? Or whether the investment in a road in Region X is more critical ...

New Delhi: In this era of endless information and data flow, the role and importance of statistics has increased exponentially, said President Droupadi Murmu on Friday. Addressing the Probationers of ...

National Statistics Day is celebrated in India on June 29 every year, since 2007, to honour the exceptional contributions of Prasanta Chandra Mahalanobis, regarded as the father of Indian statistics ...

Statistician David Spiegelhalter on his latest book, "The Art of Statistics." In the age of alternative facts, taking aim at dodgy data has never been more important. And while statistics can be ...

One of the enduring mysteries of the Chinese economy is, well, all the enduring mysteries about the Chinese economy. Which is to say, good statistics are very hard to come by. The other day, I spoke ...