Number Literacy/General Statistics

Surprising findings have implications for public health and economic marketing TROY, N.Y. -- Consider this scenario: A vaccine for the novel coronavirus has been developed that is 91.27% effective. If public health officials present this…

Numeracy helps smokers remember the scary stats COLUMBUS, Ohio - For smokers who are better at math, the decision to quit just adds up, a new study suggests. Researchers found that smokers who scored higher on a test of math ability were…

In a paper published by the Royal Society, a team of Bristol researchers observed the exploratory behaviour of ants to inform the development of a more efficient mathematical sampling technique. Animals like ants have the challenge of…

Scientists creating secure, central database of electronic health records from coronavirus patients A nationwide collaboration of clinicians, informaticians and other biomedical researchers aims to turn data from hundreds of thousands of…

Multidisciplinary study of the COVID-19 pandemic and its wide-ranging impact has become an urgent endeavor worldwide. To further and deepen global understanding of the crisis, the Harvard Data Science Review (an open access platform of…

Credit: By doomu Cambridge, Mass., May 18, 2020 - In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have published a pair of studies in a COVID-19 special issue of the Harvard Data…

Credit: JAMA Network Open A new study published Monday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) by researchers from the David B. Falk College of Sport and Human Dynamics at Syracuse University shows that an…

CATONSVILLE, MD, April 29, 2020 - Job performance has long been understood to be the primary equalizing factor affecting promotions for men and women in the workplace, but research shows, women don't gain as much from the same…

Digital platforms connect researchers this year Since the outbreak and rapid spread of COVID-19, the Heidelberg Laureate Forum Foundation (HLFF) has been closely monitoring the pandemic and its impact. Following a painstaking examination…

Levels in many Maine and New Hampshire wells exceed maximumCredit: MDI Biological Laboratory BAR HARBOR, MAINE — A program to teach data literacy to Maine and New Hampshire students by analyzing data on arsenic in well water collected…

Credit: Peking University On March 31, Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics (SIAM) announced the 2020 Class of SIAM Fellows. These distinguished members were nominated for their exemplary research as well as outstanding…

To accurately measure the effectiveness of traffic safety management technologyCredit: COPYRIGHT (C) TOYOHASHI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Overview: A joint research team from Toyohashi University of…

There is nothing quite like a quarantine to make one itch to do something useful. Three PhD students from the Department of Mathematical Sciences have done just that. The trio of statisticians have repurposed their tedium and isolation…

Springer book covers the US Census from its Constitutional founding through the upcoming 2020 count, discusses the unique significance of this statistical undertaking, and explores controversies and questions surrounding demographic data…

The numbers that drive headlines - those on Covid-19 infections, for example - contain significant levels of uncertainty: assumptions, limitations, extrapolations, and so on. Experts and journalists have long assumed that revealing the…

The effects of Brexit on different food types and what this will mean for families has been measured by research from the University of Warwick. Using structured expert judgement they combine several experts estimates mathematically to…

Credit: Justin Abernethy/U. of Washington Want to learn to code? Put down the math book. Practice those communication skills instead. New research from the University of Washington finds that a natural aptitude for learning languages is…

A good book does more to boost literacy skills than other types of reading material What children choose to read outside school directly influences their academic performance, according to a major new study led by the University of Malaga…

Credit: Vancouver School of Economics/University of British Columbia Merit-based grants are a government's best bet for providing effective student aid for long-term economic growth - increasing both welfare (measured in terms of…

Math, motor skills in children also affected Visual processing is about how the brain perceives and processes the impressions of the eyes. Problems with processing visual impressions can also impact a variety of other skills. "We've…