Number Literacy/General Statistics

Researchers examine crash risk, crash exposure and the built environmentCredit: Florida Atlantic University How dangerous is travel in the United States? It depends on how you frame the question. If it's risk per kilometer, the U.S. has…

WASHINGTON -- New brain imaging research debunks a controversial theory about dyslexia that can impact how it is sometimes treated, Georgetown University Medical Center neuroscientists say. The cerebellum, a brain structure…

Artificial intelligence and a devoted European supercomputer would allow climate models to produce real-time forecasts for specific locations What exactly is computer science's role in addressing climate change? What are the most effective…

200 young talents Provide 200 mathematicians and computer scientists the opportunity to network with peers from utterly different backgrounds and enthusiasm is a natural by product. Find out what drives the young scientists, what…

Researchers determine how much waves are likely to change around the globe due to climate change. A team of researchers led by Griffith University has mapped out how much waves are likely to change around the globe under climate change and…

It identifies the relevant factors that affect estimates of these remaining carbon budgets and thereby untangles the differences to make estimates more easily comparable, which will help decision-makers in using them. From a climate…

New composite rank aggregates hospital rating system scores into single, consumer-friendly scoreCredit: Rush Production Group Rush University Medical Center researchers have proposed a rating system that standardizes and combines data…

Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center The saying "God doesn't play dice" is meant to suggest that nothing happens by chance. On the other hand, cancer seems like the ultimate happenstance: Don't we all have a 43-year-old, vegan,…

Citizen science data offers novel comparison of flora and fauna between metropolitan areasCredit: © 2018 Amy Patten SAN FRANCISCO (April 30, 2019) - Scientists are analyzing a rare snapshot in time of urban plants and…

Credit: Pixabay Scientists should stop using the term 'statistically significant' in their research, urges this editorial in a special issue of The American Statistician published today. The issue, Statistical Inference in the 21st…