@HistoryofStats

We organise meetings on data, statisticians & ideas from the past. The views expressed are our own and do not necessarily represent those of the @RoyalStatSoc

 London, England
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You can join our AGM today, 11:50-12:00. Information and booking: rss.org.uk/training-events/e…

History of Statistics

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Very proud to mark the immense contributions to the field of these great minds despite the many hurdles they faced #BlackHistoryMonth2024 #BlackHistoryMonthUK #BlackHistoryMonth Thanks @HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA for their help!
Royal Statistical Society@RoyalStatSoc24 Oct 2024
It's UK #BlackHistoryMonth & our Celebrating Diversity Group @RSSDiversity is marking it with the amazing stories of statisticians who have changed the discipline, using stats to combat discrimination often while facing discrimination themselves Read more rss.org.uk/news-publication/…
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Young Professor of the Day -Augustus De Morgan was appointed the first Professor of Mathematics at @ucl in 1828, aged 21. He wrote (though never published nor completed it) a volume on "The Elements of Statistics" in 1827 - see archives.ucl.ac.uk/CalmView/… @HistoryofStats @HOS_ASA
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Replying to @sktywagner @HistoryofStats @Jo_Lam_
Exactly! Among many important papers that Box wrote/co-authored my favourite is An analysis of transformations, with David Cox in JRSS-B, 1964. A very profound paper leading to eg the LMS method for growth standards... rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/… – at Bangor, Northern Ireland
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We thoroughly enjoyed #IDWSDS2024, many thanks @cwstat for the great organisation!✨ Read about our joint session with @HistoryofStats & other @RoyalStatSoc contributions: rss.org.uk/news-publication/…

Event report: RSS contributes to the International Day of Women in Statistics and Data Science

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Replying to @cwstat @HOS_ASA @HistoryofStats
We had a great time, thanks so much @cwstat for organising a fantastic event and many thanks to our presenters Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA & @Altea_Lorenzo, as well as our supportive audience (more photos below, with thanks to colleague @ebmilanzi!) xitter.cf/ebmilanzi/status/18438…
Edith Milanzi, PhD@ebmilanzi9 Oct 2024
The International Day for Women in Statistics and Data Science 24H conference was such a marathon! A global lineup of incredible speakers, with nonstop learning and inspiration around the clock. #IDWSDS2024
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Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA starts #S51 🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics 🌟 #IDWSDS2024 #WomenInStats #HistoryOfStats This session is jointly organised by @RSSDiversity & @HistoryofStats
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100 years ago today Maurice Quenouille 🇬🇧b 1924 (d 12 Dec 1973) Fellow @RoyalStatSoc 1945, IMS 1952, ISI 1964. Best known for jackknife resampling 1956 (John Tukey gave it the cool name in 1958). 1/5
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John Nelder FRS was born 100 years ago today. President of the @RoyalStatSoc 1985-6. A conversation with @stephensenn is here tinyurl.com/2zfdjce9 his important paper with RWM Wedderburn: tinyurl.com/3xkedja6 My copy of McCullagh & Nelder's GLM text:
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We're hosting a session with @RSSDiversity tomorrow @cwstat #IDWSDS2024! 🎙Penny Reynolds @HOS_ASA @UF & @Altea_Lorenzo @BioSScotland 🌟The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics🌟 📅 October 8th ⏰19:30 - 20:00 UTC (20:30-21:00 UK time). idwsds.org/registration/
IDWSDS2024 Session 51. The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics October 8th, 19:30 - 20:00 UTC (20:30-21:00 UK time). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”….or Do They? Six Women You Never Heard of Who Changed the Statistics & Data Science Landscape Forever Penny Reynolds, University of Florida Suffrage, Statistics, and Spurious Correlations Altea Lorenzo-Arribas, BioSS

ALT IDWSDS2024 Session 51. The Stories Behind the History of Women in Statistics October 8th, 19:30 - 20:00 UTC (20:30-21:00 UK time). “Well-Behaved Women Seldom Make History”….or Do They? Six Women You Never Heard of Who Changed the Statistics & Data Science Landscape Forever Penny Reynolds, University of Florida Suffrage, Statistics, and Spurious Correlations Altea Lorenzo-Arribas, BioSS

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Altea Lorenzo@Altea_Lorenzo2 Oct 2024
Ready for #glasgowAIethics on #AdaLovelaceDay and fittingly, our paper on lessons from the history of statistics for a more inclusive, open AI is just published @signmagazine doi.org/10.1093/jrssig/qmae0…
Glasgow University campus with organize clock and maths&stats building in the background

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#OTD 1912 Dame Kathleen Ollerenshaw b (d 10 Aug 2014) 🇬🇧DBE 1971, 1st F President Manchester Statistical Society 1981-3 (& member for 70 years, 1944-2014); IMA President 1978-1979. Best known as a mathematician, she used statistics to influence government policy 1/4
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Significance@signmagazine1 Oct 2024
Wishing a happy International Day of Older Persons to all our older readers and contributors. Look out for our special issue on old age in January 2025, in which we'll focus on statistical work in this area and statisticians aged 80+. #IDOP2024
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Great session co-organised with @HistoryofStats @RoyalStatSoc #RSS2024Conf #WomenInStats
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You still have time to register for our online talk "The Flawed Genius of William Playfair" by David Bellhouse (Western University, Canada) 📅Monday 08 July 2024 ⏰3.00PM - 4.00PM Further info and booking: rss.org.uk/training-events/e…

The Flawed Genius of William Playfair (Online)

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3/Refs Cane VR. J Royal Stat Soc B 1959, 21(1), 36–49 Cane VR & Armitage P Nature 1957, 1404–1405 Gandy R, Lorenzo-Arribas A, Startup R. Significance 2022 doi.org/10.1111/1740-9713.01… Lorenzo-Arribas A. J Royal Stat Soc A, 2022, 185 (4), 2278–2281. doi.org/10.1111/rssa.12787

Violet Cane: A Breaker of Codes and Moulds

Abstract. She ditched her PhD to help defeat the Nazis, and is remembered as a kind teacher and funny friend. Here, Rob Gandy, Altea Lorenzo-Arribas and Ri

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2/ 1st F Professor of Mathematical Statistics U Manchester 1961. During WWII she was a Bletchley Park codebreaker. In 1952 she discussed with Alan Turing the “possibility of constructing, at least theoretically, a machine whose operation resembles that of a human brain”
Brick with Violet Cane's name on the Codebreakers' Wall, Bletchley Park

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#OTD 2008 Violet R Cane d (b 31 Jan 1916) 🇬🇧 Elected fellow RSS @RoyalStatSoc 1947; ISI @IntStat 1969. Best known for work on sensory perception, Markov chains applied to behavioural sequence data, diffusion & stochastic models. Lecturer in the Cambridge Statistical Laboratory /4
Violet Cane (3rd from L, front row) and members of the Cambridge Statistical lab

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Great Address by @AndrewDGarrett including a historical overview of past presidents & an optimistic vision for the future "It is hard to imagine a more exciting time for the Society than to be part of a world awash with data – even if a few battles with the devil lie ahead."
Royal Statistical Society@RoyalStatSoc27 Jun 2024
We were delighted to host @AndrewDGarrett's President's Address on 'The devil, the detail and the data' at RSS HQ last night 📖Read the pre-print here: rss.org.uk/training-events/e… It will be published in our Series A journal in October, with a recording of the event to follow
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We are so sad to hear of the passing of Frank Duckworth MBE, co-inventor of the Duckworth-Lewis method for cricket and a much loved RSS fellow. Editor of RSS News for 20 years and recipient of our Chambers Medal, he will be greatly missed. rss.org.uk/news-publication/…
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