Among students who were disappointed when the CAO made its college offers on Wednesday are those who lost out through random selection. Their disappointment is keen because they did, literally, make ...

Democracy can be better served by randomly selecting representatives, argue Italian researchers. Dr Alessandro Pluchino of the Universita di Cantania and colleagues report their findings on the ...

Discover how simple random sampling ensures accurate and unbiased population research, offering efficiency and fairness over ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. Have you become bored reading headlines that lament the absence of diversity at the top of organisations? My ...