Category Archives: Statistics in Society
Mis-measurement of health and wealth: Radstats Conference & AGM, 24-25 Feb 2012, London
February is upon us! If you’ve not had the chance, please note that you can still book a space for the Radical Statistics conference to be held on Friday, February 24th 2012 at the British Library Conference Centre, followed by … Continue reading
Radstats 2012 Conference Announcement
Bookings are open for the Radical Statistics conference on February 24th 2012. This year we are hosted by the British Library and have a challenging programme on: Measuring health – history and methods Deception in medical research – scientific and regulatory … Continue reading
Moral panic about overpopulation: the distracting campaign of Population Matters
Moral panic about overpopulation: the distracting campaign of Population Matters —For Immediate Release – 28th October 2011 On the 31st October the world population will pass 7 billion. It is essential that evidence rather than myth informs the challenges and … Continue reading
Editorial: ‘The cuts’ (Radical Statistics issue 103)
From Radical Statistics 103, published November 2010. Available online: February 2011. Since they came to power, the Coalition Government has been reshaping official statistics so as to tell a story. Part of that story is how Britain was brought to … Continue reading
Break-up of NHS to hurt poorest households
The NHS currently provides on average about 2,250 pounds of free health services to the poorest 10 percent of UK households (who often have the greatest health needs). Last week’s editorial in the Lancet predicting ‘the catastrophic break up of … Continue reading
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