News

Dec
2020

What’s in a name: Statistics vs Data Science

Whilst the Select team are very much missing working together in the office, there have been positives in the move to working more remotely. Jo, virtually joined an RSS meeting discussing the differences and the commonalities of statistics and data science.

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Dec
2019

Women in Data UK Conference

Last month, our consultant Sally was thrilled to have the opportunity to attend the Women in Data UK conference, a yearly event that aims to educate and inspire the Women in Data UK community through high-profile speakers, development sessions, training, networking and all-day exhibits.

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Nov
2019

Select Sleuths Save Framed Detective!

Last week the Select team ventured out of the comfort and safety of our offices at Oxygen House and entered a sinister tale of betrayal and danger to tackle the mystery of "The Shadow Darkens"!

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Nov
2019

Sarah Wins Science Council CSci CPD Award 2019

Congratulations to our Acting MD Sarah on winning the Science Council’s Chartered Scientist (CSci) Continuing Professional Development (CPD) Award 2019, and to all those worthy winners and commendations at the awards last week.

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Oct
2019

Using Data to Drive Your Business

Earlier this month, one of our senior consultants Jo attended a conference on “Using Data to Drive Your Business”, hosted by the Exeter Analytics Network. The event was a great opportunity to meet with other local organisations and discuss how data science and statistics can be harnessed to help businesses.

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Oct
2019

100 Years of Education Trials: No Significant Difference?

Last week, Jo attended an event celebrating the centenary of the first reported randomised controlled trial (RCT) in education. One of the panellists described the event as "the Glastonbury of experts in educational RCTs". The debate covered some of the history, the challenges and the successes of conducting trials in educational settings.

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