Here are the predictions for Round 18. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

David Scott obtained a BA and PhD from the Australian National University and then commenced his university teaching career at La Trobe University in 1972. He has taught at La Trobe University, the ...

Here are the predictions for the Final. The prediction is my estimated expected points difference with a positive margin being a win to the home team, and a negative margin a win to the away team.

There are two problems with these studies. The first is that I can’t see them. One is an abstract from a conference presentation; the other is a paper in an academic journal, but not one the ...

David Scott obtained a BA and PhD from the Australian National University and then commenced his university teaching career at La Trobe University in 1972. He has taught at La Trobe University, the ...

Len Cook at Newsroom The first request New Zealanders must have about these aspirational Statistics NZ changes is of transparency. Data Sovereignty and surveillance concerns from Māori scholars ( RNZ, ...

Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of ...

When StatsNZ produces the data here, it was purely descriptive: number go sideways, number go down, number go up. The use on ...