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It became the Royal Statistical Society by Royal Charter in 1887, and merged with the Institute Of Statisticians in 1993 . Today the society has 7,200 members in the UK and the rest of the world, only around 1,500 of whom are Professionally Qualified . The Society has been particularly engaged with the passage of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, having long argued for legislation on statistics. The RSS team reached the finals of ''''. They were beaten 230 to 125 by the Bodleian Library , Oxford . They had previously beaten the Granta team in the first round (first broadcast on 24 July ) before going on to beat the team from Prospect Magazine 280 points to 115 in the semi-final, broadcast on 31 July . The RSS organises an annual conference, the most recent being at the University Of York in July 2007, and awards Guy Medals in Gold, Silver and Bronze, in honour of William Guy , SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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