Category Archives: Statistics

6 Nations – Scotland vs England 2020

Posted on February 7, 2020 by

So the bookies give England a 75% probability of winning their #6nations match against Scotland tomorrow. Hmm, may well be worth a punt on Scotland at those odds. England’s win/loss ratio at Murrayfield is 50/50. The score against France, last … Continue reading →

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Died After Being Found Fit to Work. Really?

Posted on September 11, 2015 by

In this post I want to deal with this Guardian story (note: this story was also covered in other newspapers). In this article the Guardian claim that 2,380 people died shortly after being declared fit to work by the Department … Continue reading →

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The Deadly Sins of Social Media Analysts

Posted on May 5, 2015 by

In case you haven’t heard, there’s a general election coming up here in the UK. This has caused a spike in the number of analysis I’m seeing from social media companies, a large number of them containing some horrific “sins … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 30 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 30, 2015 by

This is the analysis for Wednesday 30th April 2015. There’s two stand out items on the chart today, the first being that #UKIP are in number 3 spot, and the second is the continuing rise of #SNPOUT. The more the … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 29 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

Welcome to the analysis for Tuesday 28th April 2015. Let’s jump straight in by looking at the hashtag chart: As we enter the last stages of the election, all the parties are making their mark on the chart, with the … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 28 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 28, 2015 by

After my little break it’s time to get back on to the analysis for Monday 27th April 2015, starting with the hashtag chart: All the parties (bar the Greens) are represented on the chart today; looks like they are finally … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 22 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 22, 2015 by

After yesterday’s detour to look at the party’s manifestos, we return today to looking at the Twitter stream for Tuesday 21st April 2015; starting with the Hashtag Chart: The SNP and Labour continue the trend of topping the chart. The … Continue reading →

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2015 General Election Party Manifesto Analysis

Posted on April 21, 2015 by

Now that all the parties have their manifestos out, let’s have a look and see what a word and trigram frequency analysis shows us. The Conservatives Looking at the most common three word collocations, it’s clear that the main message … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 20 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 20, 2015 by

This is the election analysis for Sunday April 19 2015. Let’s get started with the hashtag chart: Sunday mornings in the UK are given over to politics on the main TV channels, and as you can see from the tag … Continue reading →

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UK General Election Day 19 Twitter Analysis

Posted on April 19, 2015 by

Hello, let’s kick off our analysis of the election news from Saturday April 18 2015, by taking a look at the Top 10 Hashtag Chart: The chatter over the BBC Debate is starting to recede now, and the SNP tags … Continue reading →

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