Who will win the presidential election in 2004? If you’d rather not contemplate that question, try these: Which of your neighbors are most likely to have extramarital affairs? How much speed should ...

By the 1990s, statistical approaches had become more sophisticated. Algorithms for ‘optimal design of experiments’ – still ...

Statisticians are developing new ways to interpret the unprecedented amounts of data being generated continuously all around us. Whether it is smart phones packed full of sensors measuring your health ...

Z-score is a standard measurement used in statistical analysis that looks at data with a normal distribution. It provides a ...

Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to ...

A collaboration including Rice University, Baylor College of Medicine and Texas Children’s Hospital’s Jan and Dan Duncan Neurological Research Institute (NRI) has produced a breakthrough in how to ...

A researcher finds that a neglected statistical tool could help robots better understand the objects in the world around them. Object recognition is one of the most widely studied problems in computer ...

Professor of Applied Mathematics Charles "Chip" Lawrence and Luis Carvalho GS have developed a new collection of statistical tools that produce more accurate predictions about large sets of data. The ...

Recognizing that administrative health care databases can be a valuable, yet challenging, tool in the nation's ongoing pursuit of personalized medicine, statisticians have developed advanced ...

Seattle researchers have used a new statistical tool to confirm that avian influenza was spread person-to-person in the case of a family in Indonesia last year. International investigators from the ...

Researchers have been taking a look at romantic partners and what draws them together. They've been seeking to refine our understanding. Researcher Greg Webster says attractive people, or people who ...

Nov 15, 2015; Minneapolis, MN, USA; Minnesota Timberwolves center Karl-Anthony Towns (32) dunks the ball in the fourth quarter against the Memphis Grizzlies at Target Center. The Grizzlies won 114-106 ...