New version of ANZStat mailing list
The old ANZSTAT mail list has now been replaced by ANZSTAT discussion forum, hosted by the Statistical Society of Australia.…
Interview with Adrian Barnett
A fun interview on RNZ with Adrian Barnett (Statistician, QUT) from Sunday 23 August 2020: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/sunday/audio/2018760724/from-dna-to-rna-science-s-unhealthy-obsession-with-acronyms Their paper is…
George Seber interview on RadioNZ
Alcohol: A dangerous love affair? While coping with the lockdown might have you reaching for the wine – or something…
COVID-19: Advocacy of statistical expertise
Acting on behalf of the NZSA, the President, Secretary and Immediate Past President sent the following email to the Prime…
COVID-19 Resources
Statistical Society of Australia webinar on COVID-19 by by Nicholas Fisher and Dennis Trewin “Learning about the knowns and unknowns:…
Obituary – Tom Robertson
Tom Robertson was the former Director Biometrics, Ministry Agriculture and Fisheries. He died in his 87th year. His death notice…
Retirement after 54 years – on the third go
Associate Prof John Harraway has taught for 54 years in the University of Otago’s mathematics and statistics…
Kit Yates: Maths, a matter of life and death
Another RNZ podcast, as much statistical as mathematical https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/ninetonoon/audio/2018712945/kit-yates-maths-a-matter-of-life-and-death For example, statistics badly applied did lead to Sally Clarke’s death.…
Hadley Wickham – open source data wrangler
New Zealand-born data scientist Hadley Wickham is developing open source ways to help people collect and analyse the information…
Sir David Spiegelhalter on Radio New Zealand
Sir David Spiegelhalter talks for 50 minutes with Kim Hill: https://www.rnz.co.nz/national/programmes/saturday/audio/2018712277/david-spiegelhalter-the-art-of-statistics “In his new book The Art of Statistics the Cambridge…