Who's afraid of statistics?

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By: Sacha Billett , Fri Feb 12 2021
Sacha Billet

Author: Sacha Billett

In recent years, there has been a real change in attitude towards statistics. Once considered a dull subject, it has experienced a renaissance, thanks in part to the ever-increasing amount of data organizations now collect.  

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We spoke to Statistics Book Editor, Laura Briskman about the growing importance of data scientists in all fields of research and industry.  Laura is based in New York and is the driving force behind many of Springer Nature's statistics textbooks.


Statistics has become very popular recently, why has there been this shift in attitude?


Having knowledge of statistics has become important across a range of disciplines including HSS subjects – how can statistics help students and researchers in unrelated subjects?


Are there any new trends or emerging fields in statistics which we should be looking out for?


Whether it is election outcomes or how long the pandemic will last, we look to statisticians to help us predict the future. What are the limitations of using stats to make predictions?


What makes the Mathematics & Statistics program at Springer Nature unique?


As an editor you acquire content for the statistics program, what kind of content are you looking for and how can authors submit a proposal?


Editor Recommendation

An Introduction to Statistical Learning
Laura recommends the second edition of Springer Nature bestseller, An Introduction to Statistical Learning: with Applications in R, by Gareth James, Daniela Witten, Trevor Hastie, and Robert Tibshirani. 

Expected for publication in Spring, its accessible treatment of statistical learning explores applications in data science for undergraduate students or nonexperts. The first edition of this book sold over 77,000 copies since its inaugural publication in 2013, and it boasts over 3 million chapter downloads. Indeed, it’s a true honor to have champion educators and groundbreaking statistical researchers James, Witten, Hastie, and Tibshirani with Springer Nature’s Mathematics & Statistics book program.



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Sacha Billet

Author: Sacha Billett

Sacha Billett is a Content Marketing Manager in the Institutional Marketing team, based in the Dordrecht office. Supporting the Sales and Account Development teams, she is enthusiastic about finding innovate ways to communicate with the library community.