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United Nations World Data Forum 2021

The SSS is pleased that the UNO World Data Forum 2021 will take place in Bern in Switzerland from 3d to 6th of October 2021. The current pandemic has forced the Swiss Confederation and the UN to postpone this forum from 2020 to 2021. However, the UN will hold a reduced virtual forum from 19 to 21 October 2020.

The "Road to Bern" programme is extended until the opening of the Forum.UNDataForum story7Dec
Within the framework of this programme, the SSS will organise various activities in 2021.

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EVENTS

Live Streaming event of the SSS

We are pleased to announce the three online events of the SSS, in live streaming here.

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Statistics is for statisticians

By Valentin Amrhein

No, I’m not a statistician. I’m one of those biologists who, for decades, misused null hypothesis significance testing for testing hypotheses.

Recently, I don’t even do a lot of statistical analyses on my own. As soon as it gets a little complicated, but often also if it seems trivial, I’m reaching out to a statistician who will likely help if I ask persistently enough.

I really wonder how people can do research and publish papers without having a statistician on board. But obviously it does happen. Read more here

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