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Last updated 2022.03.17

What follows are some links to blogs that I've looked at in the past. It's not intended to be exhaustive or even authoritative; suggestions for additions are always welcome!

  • The Daily -- Statistics Canada
    Daily official releases of data, statistics, publications, etc. from Statistics Canada.
  • DATABLOG
    Data and visualization column at The Guardian
  • datalibre.ca
    "Our mission is to collect, disseminate, and discuss issues around access to government data in Canada, and beyond."
  • Datanaut
    Data/tech column at Forbes magazine.
  • Numbers Rule Your World
  • Simply Statistics
    Blog of "three biostatistics professors (Jeff Leek, Roger Peng, and Rafa Irizarry) who are fired up about the new era where data are abundant and statisticians are scientists."
  • STATS
    "Since its founding in 1994, the non-profit, non-partisan Statistical Assessment Service -- STATS -has become a much-valued resource on the use and abuse of science and statistics in the media. Our goals are to correct scientific misinformation in the media and in public policy resulting from bad science, politics, or a simple lack of information or knowledge; and to act as a resource for journalists and policy makers on major scientific issues and controversies."
  • Statistical Modeling, Causal Inference, and Social Science
  • Statistical Thinking
    "This blog is devoted to statistical thinking and its impact on science and everyday life. Emphasis is given to maximizing the use of information, avoiding statistical pitfalls, describing problems caused by the frequentist approach to statistical inference, describing advantages of Bayesian and likelihood methods, and discussing intended and unintended differences between statistics and data science. I'll also cover regression modeling strategies, clinical trials, and drug evaluation."
  • statsblogs
    A collection of a LOT of other data- and statistics-related blogs.

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