I’m speaking on this topic at the Young Statisticians Conference, 7-8 February 2013. If you’re a young statistician and live in Australia, please book in. It promises to be a great couple of days. Early registrations close on 2 January. Abstract for my talk: For 25 years I have been an intrepid statistical consultant, tackling the wild frontiers of real data, real problems and real time constraints. I have faced problems ranging from linguistics to river beds, from making paper plates to selling pies at the MCG, from tax office audits to surveys about the colour …