| 单词 | statistician |
| 例句 | Let’s examine a preliminary and relevant probability oddity, whose discovery is due to statistician Bradley Efron. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z Several statisticians have examined Mendel’s original data and accused him of faking the data. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z The paper, with dozens of tables and arcane symbols to denote traits and variants, was challenging even for statisticians. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z My presence was noted each fall by the campus press office in its proud tally of Hispanic-American students enrolled; my progress was followed by HEW statisticians. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z ‘Moral certainty’ had been the language of theologians; in 1662 we find it being used by the first statisticians, Graunt and Petty. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z “The school prepared me for higher education,” says Leonora Gross, a mathematical statistician who became the first high-ranking black woman administrator at the Census Bureau. The enlightening legacy of the Rosenwald schools 2015-08-30T04:00:00Z Both music statisticians and executives invoke Silicon Valley and its attention-economy gospel, arguing that shorter content caters to distracted minds. Tierra Whack Stretches the Limits of One-Minute Songs 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z So it’s fitting that Edward Tufte, the statistician whose critiques of charts and graphs have shaped the field of information design, should take an interest in them. The Scan: Science Events: Unusual Vision and D.I.Y. Neuroscience 2014-04-28T17:45:47Z Thirty-eight percent of accountants used to be statisticians, but they could not stand the excitement. Style Invitational Week 1320: Questionable journalism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Nassim Nicholas Taleb, the statistician and former options trader who wrote the best-selling book “The Black Swan,” about unexpected events, said he believes the current obsession with metrics is a seductive trap. The United States of Metrics 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z Even the statistician, who helped devise the protocol in a post-9/11 report on potential airplane-related disasters, never imagined it would be activated, and thus packed it with fanciful science-fiction flourishes. ‘The Anomaly,’ Part Airplane Thriller and Part Exploration of Reality, Fate and Free Will 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z The groom’s father is a statistician and data scientist in Waccabuc. Melanie Adelson, Benjamin Klebanoff 2019-02-03T05:00:00Z We babble like statisticians about snowfall and feet of vertical drop. Is Disentis Skiing?s Next Big Secret? 2010-12-11T01:33:00Z Founded in 2008 by statistician Nate Silver, it takes its name from the number of electors in the United States electoral college. Female roles 'boost film success' 2014-04-03T10:49:08Z Government statisticians reported the change in rankings on Friday, drawing from a review of 15 years of death certificates. Brain cancer now deadlier among US children than leukemia 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Dr. Griffin and Dr. Simpson met in 2014 at an annual conference for statisticians that was held that year in Baltimore. In Final Analysis, 2 Biostatisticians Are a Match 2018-08-04T04:00:00Z But if my dad, the lottery statistician, were to study the odds, he would agree they were in our favor. The year of no Halloween 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z The experiments seemed to demonstrate that ordinary people were close to being rational; they thought like “intuitive statisticians.” The Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About How We Think 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Spiegelhalter is an immensely engaging guide to this struggle, meeting seismologists, gamblers, statisticians and others who study the throw of the dice, metaphorical or literal. TV listings and previews: plan your week's viewing - 15-19 October 2012-10-15T07:00:00Z You didn’t ask their permission; you’re old enough not to need it; and no one knows — not you nor they nor the statisticians — whether your marriage will thrive or fail. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Educated, engaged, happy — and everyone still has an opinion 2021-09-03T04:00:00Z For the statisticians, the results are online here. Are food trucks as clean as restaurants? 2014-06-10T04:00:00Z Now the nation's creative sector will be measured annually, much as statisticians calculate the contribution of tourism, health care and other sectors to the nation's economy. Report: Arts, culture add $500B to nation's GDP 2013-12-05T13:52:50Z Such analyses are not considered especially reliable by statisticians. Medical Terms You Need To Know 2010-08-23T10:00:00Z Dallas Mavericks owner Mark Cuban, who is like the Bono of the MIT conference, has hired a statistician, Roland Beech, who actually travels with the team and sits behind the Mavericks bench. Why Sports Statisticians Should Be More Involved in Games 2011-03-11T09:35:00Z The study, by independent economists and statisticians from France's national statistics institute Insee, also used official customs data. French fashion flags its economic importance 2016-10-04T04:00:00Z A statistician once told me his work was really pretty simple: Things tend to happen at regular intervals, though sometimes that interval is longer and sometimes not. Book review: ‘1965: The most revolutionary year in music’ 2015-02-05T05:00:00Z And they're off – the politicians, the party workers, the political journalists, the news broadcasters, the sketch writers, the pollsters, the statisticians – and the comedians. Why radio won't stop joking for the election 2010-04-13T13:26:00Z I'll leave it to statisticians to calculate how many lifetimes it would take to watch all the opera clips on YouTube. A predicament right out of a melodramatic opera 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z The joke about the statistician who drowned wading across a river with an average depth of three feet is based on the fact that an average of 16.23 statisticians do perish that way every year. Style Invitational Week 1320: Questionable journalism 2019-02-21T05:00:00Z Silver is a statistician, not a historian, so he reports the fact of the uncertainty without elaboration. The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver – review 2012-11-09T22:55:11Z That’s a logical and natural conclusion, but also one sociologists and statisticians have a devil of a time pinning down. Weinstein, Tarantino and the standoff over movie violence 2014-02-01T19:30:00Z She was raised in a suburb of Sydney, where both her parents worked, her mum in a primary school, her dad as a statistician. Rose Byrne: ‘You understand why feminists are furious – we’re still talking about this?’ 2020-05-30T04:00:00Z Kahneman and Tversky showed that, in both of these domains, human beings hardly behave as if they were trained or intuitive statisticians. The Two Friends Who Changed How We Think About How We Think 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Or is the real Burnham the pernickety statistician who insists "the average person has one fallopian tube"? Bo Burnham: 'I'm honest ? for two minutes' 2010-08-24T21:00:00Z But Marino, a former statistician for the South Jersey Transportation Authority, says his analysis of video and photo evidence shows the official number is “an extreme embellishment.” Statistician: Miss America Crowd Estimate Inflated 2013-09-27T15:09:30Z In 2006 the British Medical Journal carried an examination of the evidence by Dorothy Robinson, an Australian statistician, into what actually happened in New Zealand and Australia after helmet compulsion laws were passed. The big bike helmet debate: 'You don’t make it safe by forcing cyclists to dress for urban warfare' 2017-03-21T04:00:00Z There are millions of citizens in this country with experience navigating numbers and managing the grief of jarring change, and we are not neatly folded into the categories of statisticians or social workers. Who understands "lockdown" and isolation? The formerly incarcerated are the experts we need now 2020-05-25T04:00:00Z I talked to statisticians and women’s rights advocates and visited a few countries where notorious cases have recently occurred to get a sense of what is happening. Women Alert to Travel’s Darker Side 2014-05-23T04:00:00Z Ferguson decision that year, “Race Traits” catapulted this statistician into scientific celebrity. A History of Race and Racism in America, in 24 Chapters 2017-02-22T05:00:00Z When a journalist describes a statistical result as “significant”, this rarely carries the same meaning as when a statistician says it. A crash course in understanding numbers 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z Trying to think like a statistician, I put my odds at 50-50. A Single Mom Escapes the Friend Zone, One Non-Date at a Time 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Fox also jettisoned Bill Sammon, a senior vice president and Washington managing editor, who with Stirewalt sat on the “decision desk” of statisticians and political scientists that helps the network analyze election results. Sean Hannity is the face of the post-Trump identity crisis at Fox News 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z In that sense, psychiatric diagnosis became, as statisticians would put it, more reliable. Psychiatry’s Legitimacy Crisis 2012-08-08T20:52:00Z I’m not a psychiatrist or a policy wonk or a statistician, so I can’t even begin to answer these questions. The year of the suicide 2012-12-31T15:30:00Z He constantly called a statistician who was supposed to collate data for him. My brother’s life, unraveled 2013-03-12T11:45:00Z Professor David Spiegelhalter, a prominent statistician at Cambridge University, even questioned whether the campaign made sense, stating there was “no good evidence of harm from humans consuming acrylamide.” Give up coffee? Fuggedaboutit, say New Yorkers after California ruling 2018-03-30T04:00:00Z Though she lives in Rome, Simona Toti, a statistician, said she hadn’t seen the Sistine Chapel for years “because of the mobs.” Italians Rediscover Their Museums, With No Tourists in Sight 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z The statisticians also looked into what search terms grew the most in popularity among female users over the course of the past year. The porn women actually want to watch 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z “I think that it’s mostly, I can’t say 100 percent, a matter of them starting to be known and more available,” said Dr. Martinez, a statistician at the C.D.C.’s National Survey of Family Growth. Motherlode Blog: Poor, Black and Hispanic Women Are More Often Counseled on Emergency Contraception 2013-09-06T00:27:06Z Etta Hoffman is a solitary, autistic statistician who will become the unofficial historian of the apocalypse. Review | George Romero’s posthumous epic, ‘The Living Dead,’ reads like a definitive account of the zombie apocalypse 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z Her mother is a statistician at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta. Sisi Chen, James Coonan 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z Most statisticians consider these trials to be the very top of the evidence pyramid. Fool’s gold: what fish oil is doing to our health and the planet 2018-07-25T04:00:00Z After the NRC review was released, another analysis by four statisticians, called theWegman report, which was not formally peer reviewed, was more critical of the hockey stick paper. 7 ways to shut down a climate change denier 2013-12-18T13:00:00Z I’m a journalist and an applied statistician, basically. Nate Silver: ‘There were some models that gave Trump as little as a 1 or 2 percent chance’ of winning in 2016 2020-02-24T05:00:00Z As for the details of what dealers contributed to this total, that remains any statistician’s guess. What’s the Global Art Market Really Worth? Depends Who You Ask. 2017-03-23T04:00:00Z They already know what rock'n'roll is worth, so now Britain's statisticians are getting to grips with sex and drugs in a bid to give a broader view of the size of the economy. Sex and drugs worth $16.7 billion to UK economy, statisticians say 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Swan, 58, said Springsteen often observed big changes occurring in U.S. working class life long before economic statisticians recognized them. Australia treasurer says he's inspired by The Boss 2012-08-01T11:42:14Z Recently, Associated Press reporter Seth Borenstein asked four independent statisticians to look for trends in the temperature data sets without telling them what the numbers represented. 7 ways to shut down a climate change denier 2013-12-18T13:00:00Z Noted sports statistician Bill James, who has recently turned to crime analysis, says that hitchhikers aren’t any more of a danger to society than any other group of people that might include random predators. Tales of a 60-year-old hitchhiker 2013-02-27T01:00:00Z Controlling for prior health status One big problem in looking at what statisticians call observational studies is that correlation is not the same thing as causation. Families USA's Bogus Claim That Overturning Obamacare Will Kill People 2012-06-22T12:50:03Z “With minor fluctuations, the total fetal mortality rate has generally declined over time,” statistician Elizabeth Gregory, a co-author of the report, told The Washington Times. Fetal mortality rates fell last year after holding steady during COVID, CDC reports 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z It offers the most recent government data on the “characteristics and differences” of assault victims who rely on emergency services, said Danielle Davis, a CDC health statistician and the report’s co-author. CDC: ERs averaged 1.5 million assault victims a year in 2019-2021, mostly Black 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z Phillips, in his late 20s at the time, was a Nixon campaign adviser and compulsive statistician who charted voting patterns dating back to the country’s founding. Kevin Phillips, strategist who forecast rising Republican power, dies at 82 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z He quickly became a fixture at NBA and Major League Baseball games in the Southland, serving as statistician for national and local broadcasts and as an official scorer for MLB. Appreciation: Dennis D'Agostino, Dodgers scorekeeper with ties to NBA and MLB, honored after his death 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Stanford statistician Bradley Efron invented intransitive dice over 50 years ago. How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z “The authors have done a good job in doing the analysis, but there are some limitations and those limitations are not small,” says Maarten van Smeden, a medical statistician at the University Medical Center Utrecht. COVID-19 boosts risks of health problems 2 years later, giant study of veterans says 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z It can be a nightmare for statisticians trying to keep up but imagine the role of linemen. Corona Centennial's Helton twins create havoc along the line 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z “The county-level health insurance coverage estimates…reflect an overall decrease in uninsured rates since 2019,” James Mouser, a Census Bureau survey statistician, told The Washington Times. Census Bureau finds share of people without health insurance fell in most counties during pandemic 2023-08-03T04:00:00Z “Early and late fetal mortality rates did not change significantly between 2020 and 2021,” Elizabeth Gregory, a CDC statistician and co-author of that report, told The Times. CDC says infant homicides, fetal deaths were stable during COVID 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “Younger households typically are more likely to rent than own homes,” said Robert R. Callis, a Census Bureau survey statistician. Surge in young buyers boosted homeownership rate during COVID, Census Bureau finds 2023-07-25T04:00:00Z Duke University statistician Fan Li adds that greater use of health care—a typical consequence of getting COVID-19—increases a person’s chances of being diagnosed with other conditions. COVID-19 boosts risks of health problems 2 years later, giant study of veterans says 2023-08-21T04:00:00Z Aaron MacNeil, the global survey leader and an ecological statistician at Dalhousie, says he hopes that the research results, which are expected in 2024, will inform national and international policies on shark conservation. Shark meat is a global phenomenon—but not everyone knows they’re eating it 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z The rising tide of youths with autism, intellectual disabilities and other developmental delays could overwhelm available medical resources, said CDC statistician Ben Zablotsky, a co-author of the report. Childhood developmental disabilities spiked during COVID-19 pandemic, says CDC 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z "Retail sales grew a little in May, with online shops doing particularly well selling outdoor goods and summer clothes, as the sun began to shine," Heather Bovill, senior statistician at the ONS said. Sunny weather boosts clothing sales in May 2023-06-23T04:00:00Z The findings are consistent with pre-pandemic trends and suggest some children have less access to mental health care than others, said Ben Zablotsky, a CDC statistician and co-author of the report. CDC: 15% of kids received mental health treatment in 2021 2023-06-13T04:00:00Z A university professor, Ata Aidoo won many literary awards including the 1992 Commonwealth Writers Prize for Changes, a love story about a statistician who divorces her first husband and enters into a polygamist marriage. Ama Ata Aidoo: Ghana's famous author and feminist dies 2023-05-31T04:00:00Z Haaland has broken numerous Premier League records and scared defences and statisticians alike this season. Team of the season? Computer says... 2023-05-30T04:00:00Z As a sociologist and statistician who studies technological change, I find this situation extremely concerning. Why we need a "Manhattan Project" for A.I. safety 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Johnson was befuddled when Roberts would sign off broadcasts by thanking, among others, statistician Bob LaPeer. Chris Roberts, longtime UCLA basketball and football radio announcer, dies at 74 2023-05-13T04:00:00Z The city has no plans to scale back, said Loren Hopkins, the chief environmental science officer for the Houston Health Department and a statistician at Rice University. As Covid Emergency Ends, Surveillance Shifts to the Sewers 2023-05-11T04:00:00Z "Government statisticians have been working closely with the Office for National Statistics over recent months to look at what can be done to better understand some of these differences." Welsh language data deemed misleading by statistician 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Dr. Nicole Prause, senior statistician at the University of California, Los Angeles, posted a tweet arguing that blocks "have never worked." Pornhub blocks access for entire state of Utah over new verification law 2023-05-02T04:00:00Z As a sociologist and statistician, I study the interwoven threads of social and technological change. Why we need a "Manhattan Project" for A.I. safety 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z It includes policy advisers, diplomats, lawyers, tax professionals, economists, statisticians and museum curators. Heathrow security staff and passport workers announce May strikes 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z “We hadn’t really seen an increase like that, that kind of magnitude, in previous years,” Melissa Danielson, a CDC statistician and the study’s lead author, said of adult use of stimulants. ADHD drugs such as Adderall spiked among adults in pandemic, CDC finds 2023-03-30T04:00:00Z "The figures are so unbelievably high that they are worthless in my view," said Mr Jones, who has worked as a statistician for the Welsh Language Board and Welsh Language Commissioner. Welsh language data deemed misleading by statistician 2023-05-07T04:00:00Z Sandra McCalla, a former administrator at the high school Peak attended in Shreveport, Louisiana, said Peak served as the statistician at girls’ basketball games and track meets before graduating in 1979. Children lost in shooting were ‘feisty,’ a ‘shining light’ 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z In nighttime situations like in Rolling Fork, a siren could be especially critical, said Emily Laidlaw, a statistician based in Colorado who has looked into the issues surrounding outdoor sirens. As a monstrous tornado neared Rolling Fork, residents say sirens were silent 2023-03-29T04:00:00Z Lower-income families often suffer more than headline data suggests because prices on the items that dominate their budgets — food, rent, energy — rose faster than the average basket of goods that statisticians use to calculate inflation. Opinion | The powerful lesson from 18 million workers getting a pay raise over $15 2023-03-26T04:00:00Z The fact that LLMs are okay, on average, reminds us of the statistician who drowned while wading across a river with an average depth of two feet. Don't believe the hype: why ChatGPT is not the “holy grail” of AI research 2023-03-19T04:00:00Z Before he died last October, longtime team historian and statistician Chuck Charnquist was sharing old stories at the Moda Center when the subject of mascots arose. Portland Trail Blazers unveil new mascot: a Bigfoot named Douglas Fur 2023-03-17T04:00:00Z That’s the standard established by the Elias Sports Bureau, the official statistician for Major League Baseball. Puerto Rico pitchers perfect in 8-inning WBC win vs Israel 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z His identity as person of color informs and influences his work as a statistician and bureau director, Santos says. Census chief prioritizing better count of non-White populations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Her guests were statisticians and economists in the civil service, the sort of people who write public reports on out-of-pocket medical expenses. Rebecca Blank, Who Changed How Poverty Is Measured, Dies at 67 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z They’ll fill the roles of analyst, commentators, producers, directors, graphic designers, statisticians and social media operators. All-female ensemble set for broadcast of NBA game on ESPN 2023-03-08T05:00:00Z On-site statisticians credited him with a missed shot and a 10th rebound from that play. Giannis’ triple-double taken away by the NBA in stat review 2023-03-06T05:00:00Z Over the years, some of the strategies the statisticians came up with to help a team win also changed the nature of games. ‘Every number is good’: Analytics helping speed up baseball 2023-03-03T05:00:00Z “Yes, I’m Latino to the core. But I’m also a statistician to the core.” Census chief prioritizing better count of non-White populations 2023-03-10T05:00:00Z Government statisticians say 3.5 million people live in Dubai alone, with an additional 1.1 million who temporarily live in the city or commute there for work each day. Dubai boom sees Russian cash, high rents and reborn projects 2023-02-13T05:00:00Z Government statisticians fine-tuned the numbers on population size, immigration and how many workers typically exit jobs after the summer and winter holidays. Opinion | One plausible explanation for this too-good-to-be-true economy 2023-02-10T05:00:00Z The goal is to ensure that that “the standards better reflect the diversity of the American people,” Karin Orvis, the U.S. chief statistician, said in a blog post. New US race, ethnicity standards proposed; first since ’97 2023-01-26T05:00:00Z According to Paul Cheung, Singapore's former chief statistician, China has "plenty of manpower" and "a lot of lead time" to manage the demographic challenge. Should China worry about its shrinking population? 2023-01-19T05:00:00Z But Gill knew the statistician working on the case and considered him a decent, careful person. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z But it came sooner than demographers, statisticians and China’s ruling Communist Party had anticipated. China’s Population Falls, Heralding a Demographic Crisis 2023-01-16T05:00:00Z It’s “perplexing,” says Nancy Bates, a retired federal statistician. NSF still won’t track sexual orientation among scientific workforce, prompting frustration 2023-01-13T05:00:00Z “A similar lack of change in these measures was seen for 2019–2020,” CDC health statistician Elizabeth Gregory told The Washington Times. Fetal mortality rates unchanged despite COVID fears: CDC 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z “These fertility measures differed by education, marital status, household income relative to the poverty level, and Hispanic origin and race,” CDC statistician Gladys Martinez told The Washington Times. CDC finds long-term decline in Americans having kids 2023-01-10T05:00:00Z Along with fellow statisticians, whistleblowers, and others, Gill campaigned for a retrial that eventually led to De Berk’s exoneration in 2010. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z As a finance professor and statistician who has written several books on AI and data science, I find this belief fanciful. An AI that can "write" is feeding delusions about how smart artificial intelligence really is 2023-01-02T05:00:00Z But statisticians have pointed out serious analytical flaws, including the fact that the Tesla stats involve newer cars being driven on highways. Tesla stopped reporting its Autopilot safety numbers online. Why? 2022-12-27T05:00:00Z Rates were highest among adults ages 35-44 as spikes occurred in all racial and ethnic groups, said Merianne Spencer, a CDC statistician. Drug overdoses, COVID push life expectancy to lowest levels since 1996 2022-12-22T05:00:00Z Bureau statisticians will continue to study privacy methods for the American Community Survey, the statistical agency said. Census Bureau tables controversial privacy tool for survey 2022-12-14T05:00:00Z He and other statisticians wrote letters of support in 2015 when Geen asked the Criminal Cases Review Commission to look into his case. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z First developed nearly two hundred years ago by Belgian statistician Adolphe Quetelet, it was intended a tool for determining weight trends based on larger population samples. Don't weigh me: The case against BMI 2022-12-05T05:00:00Z David Hand, a British statistician and author of the 2014 book “The Improbability Principle: Why Coincidences, Miracles, and Rare Events Happen Every Day,” sits at the opposite end of the spectrum from Beitman. Strange coincidences: Are they fluke events or acts of God? 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z And following a meteoric rise in the month since he bought Twitter, Mr Musk's will inevitably overtake, statisticians at Social Blade say. Elon Musk set to become number-one influencer on Twitter 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z With a heavyweight clash up next against Spain and rounding off against Costa Rica, Germany have just a 37% chance of reaching the next round, according to statisticians Opta. Japan humbling Germany shows 'beauty of football' 2022-11-23T05:00:00Z The case also led statisticians to explore a new question: Could statistics detect real murderers, based on a suspicious pattern of deaths alone? Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z While highly educated women have long delayed childbearing, American women from all economic, racial and ethnic backgrounds are having children at older ages, according to Anne Morse, a survey statistician at the Census Bureau. An Abortion Ban With Unexpected Consequences for Older Mothers 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z Professor Chua, the statistician in Singapore, said the criticism was an example of humans misunderstanding the nature of randomness. 433 People Won a $4 Million Lottery. Was It Pure Luck? 2022-10-05T04:00:00Z The 2021 data are not final, but are not expected to change much, said Sally C. Curtin, a statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of the new report. Suicides increased in 2021, especially among younger people 2022-09-29T04:00:00Z He doesn’t make the cut, but the coach offers him a position as the team’s statistician because he’s good with numbers. Former Wizard Caron Butler co-authors young adult book series 2022-09-15T04:00:00Z Cambridge statistician David Spiegelhalter, who gave advice to the panel, believes so. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Work and commuting are central to American life, so the widespread adoption of working from home is a defining feature of the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Michael Burrows, a Census Bureau statistician. Unwed couples grew, US was more wired in COVID’s 1st years 2022-09-14T04:00:00Z “The final result - for a single study - is borderline and not very statistically persuasive,” FDA statistician Tristan Massie told panelists. FDA panel backs much-debated ALS drug in rare, 2nd review 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z To make the dizzying set of calculations behind Thursday’s paper, the researchers gathered specialists — including climate scientists, economists and statisticians — from a dozen institutions to assess the latest science. Costs of climate change far surpass government estimates, study says 2022-09-01T04:00:00Z OK, probably not, as Diana wasn’t known as an NFL fan nor did she have any idea about the Eagles until a chance meeting with the team statistician at Grace Kelly’s funeral. Princess Diana turned heads, was cover girl in Eagles jacket 2022-08-31T04:00:00Z He hopes younger statisticians will feel compelled to help when bad statistics lead to injustice, as he did. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z That is not Ange Postecoglou's Celtic, which could well explain why, at the break, eager statisticians were already frantically scrambling through the record books. 'No limits' for relentless Celtic in United rout 2022-08-28T04:00:00Z From there, meteorologists and statisticians extract “recurrence intervals,” or the average frequency with which a given extreme event should occur. Analysis | Five 1,000-year rain events have struck the U.S. in five weeks. Why? 2022-08-23T04:00:00Z In a fine example of such a test, two statisticians examined the reenlistment records of the United States Marine Corps. Astronomy 2016-10-13T00:00:00Z British statisticians regularly update GDP estimates as more data becomes available. UK economy shrank record 11% in 2020, worst since 1709 2022-08-22T04:00:00Z One incident in particular haunts him: his role as a statistician in a 1970s experiment that severed the front legs of rats to investigate whether bipedalism reshaped their skulls. Unlucky numbers: Fighting murder convictions that rest on shoddy stats 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z Many polling companies and news outlets use statisticians and social scientists to design accurate and scientific polls and to reduce errors. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z This is where a choice must be made by the statistician. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z In the past, when the sample size was large, this unknown number did not present a problem to statisticians. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z One job of a statistician is to make statistical inferences about populations based on samples taken from the population. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z Meanwhile, consumer inflation rose further to 31.7% annually in July, its highest since late 2003, and the government’s top statistician warned it was not possible to say whether inflation had peaked. Ghana delivers biggest rate hike ever at emergency meeting 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z The information they gather may be relayed to politicians or newspapers, and is analyzed by statisticians and social scientists. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z Statistics and statisticians are not necessarily in the business of developing theories, but in the business of testing others' theories. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z If the power is too low, statisticians typically increase the sample size while keeping α the same. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z A statistician will make a decision about these claims. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z That could lead to the privatization of the U.S. statistical infrastructure, Beveridge said during a presentation at the largest gathering of statisticians and data users in North America. Researchers ask Census to stop controversial privacy method 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z Most polling companies employ statisticians and methodologists trained in conducting polls and analyzing data. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z It is called the F distribution, invented by George Snedecor but named in honor of Sir Ronald Fisher, an English statistician. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z Cohen’s d, named for U.S. statistician Jacob Cohen, measures the relative strength of the differences between the means of two populations based on sample data. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z Then, the statistician makes a decision as to whether or not there is sufficient evidence, based upon analyses of the data, to reject the null hypothesis. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z Daniel Tancredi, a medical statistician at the University of California, Davis, points out another potential source of bias. The Risk of Heart Disease After COVID 2022-08-04T04:00:00Z “There needs to be a countywide recognition of walking as something people do to get from Point A to Point B in the county,” said Schoenbaum, a statistician for a federal agency. In auto-centric Montgomery, planners suggest ways to make walking safer 2022-07-14T04:00:00Z Now we are down to the bread and butter work of the statistician: developing and testing hypotheses. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z In some situations, statisticians may use this criterion to identify data values that are unusual, compared to the other data values. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z The statistician setting up the hypothesis test selects the value of α to use before collecting the sample data. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z The unit is staffed by modelers, statisticians and research analysts. Congress seeks IRS probe amid suspicions that audits targeted Trump foes 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Mr. Gelman, like every other statistician who spoke with The Times about this problem, said the biggest hurdle was not any of the details but defining the question itself. How Unlikely Is It That the Audits of Comey and McCabe Were a Coincidence? A Statistical Exploration. 2022-07-07T04:00:00Z Up until the mid-1970s, some statisticians used the normal distribution approximation for large sample sizes and used the Student's t-distribution only for sample sizes of at most 30 observations. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z While her husband spent 2.5 hours picking out new speakers, a statistician decided to determine whether the percent of men who enjoy shopping for electronic equipment is higher than the percent of women who do. High School Statistics 2020-03-27T00:00:00Z If the power is too low, statisticians typically increase the sample size while keeping α the same.If the power is low, the null hypothesis might not be rejected when it should be. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z That dilutes any difference in outcome between participants taking the placebo and those taking the treatment under study, says Ly-Mee Yu, a medical statistician at the University of Oxford, UK, and PRINCIPLE’s lead statistician. New COVID Drugs Face Delays as Trials Get Harder to Do 2022-06-17T04:00:00Z The review will wrap up by summer 2024 after getting input from government experts across agencies and public feedback, according to the chief statistician. Feds taking first steps toward revising race, ethnic terms 2022-06-16T04:00:00Z As a result, the statistician places the burden of proof on the alternative hypothesis. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z Geological Survey statistician who has developed computer models of the threat. Biologists try to save ancient fish as Colorado River fades 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z Cohen’s d, named for United States statistician Jacob Cohen, measures the relative strength of the differences between the means of two populations based on sample data. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z While statisticians say most of the acceleration in inflation can be attributed to energy, above-average price increases are spreading to more goods and services. Recession? Stagflation? British Businesses Wade Through Dire Warnings. 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z More than a century ago, pioneering nurse and statistician Florence Nightingale proclaimed the importance of open air and bedroom ventilation for tuberculosis patients. We Need to Improve Indoor Air Quality: Here’s How and Why 2022-06-08T04:00:00Z In reality, statisticians use multivariate data, meaning many variables. Introductory Business Statistics 2017-11-29T00:00:00Z It shows a total of 701,418 patients waiting - though statisticians advise these are "patient pathways" and each patient may be on several lists, meaning the number of patients affected could be smaller. Covid: Seven years to get wait times back to 2020 levels 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z In the past, when the sample size was large, this did not present a problem to statisticians. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z An Associated Press review settled on one key finding: After hundreds of days of time with government statisticians, lawyers, judges and politicians, the public was the group given short shrift. Ohioans got short shrift as political map fight dragged on 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z The Elias Sports Bureau, which is the official statistician of Major League Baseball and its clubs, had him at 3,313. How Many Hits Did Eddie Collins Have? It Varies. 2022-05-19T04:00:00Z Woohoo and Heartcount consult with psychologists and statisticians to ensure that their assessments focus on people’s emotional, rather than logical, responses to their work. Are you happy? Your boss is asking 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z A different study, by the statisticians Tian Luo and Philip B. Stark, examined which businesses were most likely to fold fastest. Opinion | The Rich Are Not Who We Think They Are. And Happiness Is Not What We Think It Is, Either. 2022-05-14T04:00:00Z A data value that is two standard deviations from the average is just on the borderline for what many statisticians would consider to be far from the average. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z There was a “continued widespread price increase in April, including food, household equipment, restaurant visits and hotels,” statistician Mikael Nordin said. Sweden sees highest inflation rate since 1991 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “The ability of faculty to get funds for their research is the ultimate metric, and success rates tell you that,” says Sarah Nusser, a statistician and former vice president for research at Iowa State University. Odds improve for winning NSF grants, but drop in applications troubles some observers 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Where death figures were missing, the statisticians had to rely on modeling. Death Toll During Pandemic Far Exceeds Totals Reported by Countries, W.H.O. Says 2022-05-05T04:00:00Z “We understand that we need to take a different approach for 2030,” says Robert Santos, a statistician who began a 5-year term as Census director in January. Census agency aims for a better statistical snapshot of the U.S. 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z Up until the mid-1970s, some statisticians used the normal distribution approximation for large sample sizes and used the Student's t-distribution only for sample sizes of at most 30. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z Five months after the FactCheck.org story and the research paper, Powell was asked in a sworn deposition which mathematicians or statisticians she relied on to support her belief that the election was fraudulent. Building the "Big Lie": Inside the creation of Trump's stolen election myth 2022-04-26T04:00:00Z That same day, the turkey appeared in the path of Terrance Savitsky, a research statistician at the Bureau of Labor Statistics out for a morning run. As wild turkeys grow in number, so do risky encounters with humans 2022-04-22T04:00:00Z He asked the statisticians to analyze the data four times, until they told him further work wouldn’t change the results. Scientists Find No Benefit to Time-Restricted Eating 2022-04-20T04:00:00Z Nancy Potok, former chief statistician for the United States and a former deputy Census director, wholeheartedly endorses what Santos and the UVA team are trying to accomplish. Census agency aims for a better statistical snapshot of the U.S. 2022-05-02T04:00:00Z However, statisticians ran into problems when the sample size was small. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z To try to take the true measure of the pandemic’s effect, the WHO assembled a collection of specialists including demographers, public health experts, statisticians and data scientists. India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Official statisticians and a range of economists have said that those on the lowest incomes are likely to be most stretched by the rising cost of living. Cost of living worries over rise in benefits and state pension 2022-04-10T04:00:00Z "It was just absolute insanity," says the 29-year-old statistician, who was repeatedly beaten out by buyers offering cash. House price squeeze: 'I bid dozens of times but lost' 2022-04-08T04:00:00Z Mr. Santos is a statistician with more than four decades of experience in corporate, nonprofit and government posts, most recently at the Urban Institute, a nonprofit that analyzes social and economic policies. For the New Census Bureau Director, the Challenge of the Decade 2022-04-07T04:00:00Z It is called the F distribution, named after Sir Ronald Fisher, an English statistician. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z The numbers represent what statisticians and researchers call “excess mortality” — the difference between all deaths that occurred and those that would have been expected to occur under normal circumstances. India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Kara Steel, senior statistician for the Covid-19 infection survey, said: "Infection levels remain high, with the highest levels recorded in our survey seen in England and Wales and notable increases among older age groups." Covid: Record 4.9 million people have the virus in UK 2022-04-01T04:00:00Z “Although I have not yet completed AP statistics this year, I don’t need to be a certified statistician to know that the federal representation is heavily inflated to be a Democratic majority,” Norkaitis said. Maryland lawmakers scramble to produce new congressional map 2022-03-29T04:00:00Z Thomas Jabine, 97, a statistician for federal agencies and later a statistical consultant, died Jan. 30 at an assisted-living facility in Silver Spring, Md. The cause was cerebrovascular disease, said a daughter, Anne Jabine. Community deaths 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z In some situations, statisticians may use this criteria to identify data values that are unusual, compared to the other data values. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z And then there is a large number of countries, including nearly all of those in sub-Saharan Africa, that do not collect death data and for which the statisticians have had to rely entirely on modeling. India is stalling WHO’s efforts to make global COVID death toll public 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Bureau statisticians also are blending other data sets with census data for the first time to create yearly population estimates. Time to retool census? Some think so after minorities missed 2022-03-20T04:00:00Z The researchers decided to try applying an ecological model—originally developed by Anne Chao, an environmental statistician at Taiwan’s National Tsing Hua University—to medieval studies. How Much Medieval Literature Has Been Lost? 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z He later was chief mathematical statistician at the Social Security Administration’s office of research and statistics. Community deaths 2022-03-09T05:00:00Z Most statisticians use various methods of random sampling in an attempt to achieve this goal. Introductory Statistics 2013-09-19T00:00:00Z It showed "there are disparities in cancer rates across different ethnicities", author Dr Katrina Brown, a Cancer Research UK statistician, said. White people at much higher risk of most cancers in England, study finds 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Starting in 1997, statisticians with the department conducted the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. ‘Staggering’ study reveals 46% of unemployed U.S. men have criminal convictions 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z A recent paper by two Spanish statisticians also examined the Oxford researchers’ techniques and also found a much stronger link. Opinion | Social media is riskier for kids than ‘screen time’ 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z More than 85 percent of Bamako residents in an October survey by the Malian statistician Sidiki Guindo said they were “dissatisfied” with the French operation. France announces withdrawal of troops from Mali, reshaping the fight against Islamist extremists in West Africa 2022-02-17T05:00:00Z Developed by co-author and statistician Anne Chao at National Tsing Hua University, the model uses a statistical approach to estimate how many species are missing from a field count—present but simply unobserved by scientists. ‘Lost’ medieval literature uncovered by techniques used to track wildlife 2022-02-16T05:00:00Z The commission would be composed of members including physicians, mental health professionals, statisticians and athletic trainers. Utah proposes panel to decide when transgender athletes play 2022-02-14T05:00:00Z Government statisticians adjust the data to account for those seasonal patterns, but that process is imperfect. January Jobs Report May Disappoint. It Is Sure to Perplex. 2022-02-03T05:00:00Z Cambridge University statistician Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter says the updated numbers can only tell us so much, when there are many who don't develop symptoms, get tested or report the results. Covid-19: How many people have been infected more than once? 2022-02-01T05:00:00Z Some statisticians prefer the measure of deaths based on registration. Covid-19: Gear-shift in pandemic amid Omicron surge in NI 2022-01-24T05:00:00Z Reports of daily deaths are often lower at weekends and at the start of the week because less counting takes place while statisticians are off. Reported UK Covid cases at lowest level for a month 2022-01-15T05:00:00Z And in the coming weeks "we might expect that to rise further" says Cambridge statistician Prof Sir David Spiegelhalter "reflecting the very high levels of people with coronavirus". Increasing number of Covid deaths 'coincidental' 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z "Given a higher number of deaths and fewer births are projected, net international migration is expected to play an increasing role in population growth," said James Robards, an ONS population and household projection statistician. UK population growth to slow dramatically 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z Octavian Jurma, a physician and health care statistician, said the new pandemic measures are “mostly cosmetic” and compared them to “giving aspirin to a cancer patient.” Romania tightens pandemic measures amid COVID-19 surge 2022-01-08T05:00:00Z But a top statistician says it's not likely we will see a big surge in serious illness and deaths during this Omicron wave. Covid: More than 3.7 million infected in UK, says ONS 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z Prof David Spiegelhalter, a statistician from the University of Cambridge, said Covid cases in younger people were coming down "fairly fast" in the capital. Covid absences put pressure on England's hospitals 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z That was certainly the case for Eugene Brusilovskiy, a statistician living in suburban Philadelphia. Survey: Parents increased quality time at pandemic’s start 2022-01-05T05:00:00Z A leading statistician said the actual number of daily cases could be closer to half a million, with the UK going into the new year in the midst of an “unprecedented wave” of infections. Covid live: limits on freedom in UK ‘last resort’, says health secretary; India reports more than 22,000 infections 2022-01-01T05:00:00Z Correlation is not necessarily causation, as statisticians often note. Being Denied an Abortion Has Lasting Impacts on Health and Finances 2021-12-22T05:00:00Z For the first time, bureau statisticians will blend some of the 2020 census numbers with various other data sets for the base when it releases numbers for 2021 and possibly 2022. Census Bureau works to improve confidence in 2020 headcount 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z “Virtually every multinational has moved intellectual property,” said Christopher Sibley, a senior statistician at Ireland’s Central Statistics Office. Global tax deal leaves billion-dollar loopholes, Reuters analysis finds 2021-12-03T05:00:00Z There’s a reason statisticians call studies like this “noise mining.” Perspective | The problem with fruit juice: All that sugar 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z “I just want to emphasize that I think it’s a pretty minimal benefit,” said Sally Hunsberger, a statistician at the Biometrics Research Branch of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, who voted no. FDA advisers narrowly recommend authorization of first antiviral pill to treat covid-19 2021-11-30T05:00:00Z Elizabeth A. Stuart, a statistician and professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, said that given the current state of the pandemic, Bowser’s timing seemed odd. As D.C. mask restrictions ease, many choose to stay covered 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Referring to Romania’s slow response, physician and health statistician Octavian Jurma described his country as a “textbook example” of the “tragic consequences produced by a political takeover of the pandemic response.” As virus surges in Eastern Europe, leaders slow to act 2021-11-13T05:00:00Z The high court’s order specifically disqualified one GOP pick for special master: Thomas Bryan, a statistician who owns a consulting firm that specializes in redistricting and demographics analytics. Virginia Supreme Court disqualifies one GOP nominee tapped to redistrict maps 2021-11-12T05:00:00Z She started by earning her high school equivalency diploma while working as a statistician with the Maryland Crop Reporting Service. Ruth Ann Minner, Down-to-Earth Governor of Delaware, Dies at 86 2021-11-10T05:00:00Z Robert Santos, a statistician nominated in April by President Biden, is chief methodologist and a vice president at the Urban Institute, and president of the American Statistical Association. Robert Santos, a Latino, becomes first person of color confirmed as head of Census Bureau 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z Importantly, by manipulating icons rather than pages of calculations she could match the speed of analysis of a statistician on her team. New ways into the lucrative world of data science 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z During his confirmation hearing, Santos, a statistician by training, told senators he was not a politician, though the position is a political appointment. First person of color confirmed as next Census Bureau leader 2021-11-04T04:00:00Z The gains he had made in data analysis wouldn't be more widely applied until 1947, when the Brooklyn Dodgers became the first team to hire their own statistician to advise on game strategy. The data revolutionary who exposed baseball's big fix 2021-11-01T04:00:00Z "Household goods were the main driver of this month's decline with a fall of nearly 10%, while food sales ticked back up after falling last month," ONS statistician Darren Morgan said. UK retail sales fall unexpectedly in September 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Eric Ward, a statistician at NOAA’s Northwest Fisheries Science Center whose work is used to model salmon populations, said the paper sheds new light on inconsistencies with the orcas-are-hungry hypothesis. Researchers make surprising discovery while tracking Chinook salmon in Salish Sea, B.C. 2021-10-18T04:00:00Z After the Sept. 17-19 parliamentary elections — in which Putin’s United Russia party kept its supermajority of seats — an informal network of independent IT analysts, opposition observers and statisticians red-flagged multiple doubts about the system. As Russian voting moves online, Putin’s foes say another path to curb Kremlin is lost 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z That is due in part to seasonal adjustments made by the statisticians who compile the report that are based on pre-pandemic hiring trends, like school staffing surges in September, economists said. U.S. economy added 194,000 jobs in September, another weak month heading into final stretch of 2021 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z That could include front office executives, agents, reporters, broadcast technicians, athletic trainers, public relations staff, nutritionists, ticket sales representatives and statisticians. The School That Aspires to Be a Basketball Factory (Not That Kind) 2021-10-05T04:00:00Z Nancy Potok, OMB’s chief statistician at the time, said that when she sent the proposal to the administrator of the agency’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, “It never got signed off on.” Census race categories increasingly fail to reflect how people see themselves 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z Young, who was a statistician, not a doctor, suggested the faulty results for this test was because of the red blood cells breaking apart, and urged a visual examination of the blood to confirm. How Elizabeth Holmes sidelined the real scientists at Theranos 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z She is one of many prominent independent analysts, statisticians and experts who examined what online voting data was available and compared notes on social media. As Russian voting moves online, Putin’s foes say another path to curb Kremlin is lost 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z Some members of the scientific advisory committee — made up of statisticians, geographers and academics — expressed concerns with the proposal, noting that researchers in various fields rely on data at the smallest levels. Census ponders producing less granular data in next release 2021-09-24T04:00:00Z Once the pandemic is over and "its consequences for future mortality are known, it is possible that life expectancy will return to an improving trend in the future", ONS statistician Pamela Cobb says. Covid-19: Life expectancy is down but what does this mean? 2021-09-23T04:00:00Z “In the course of the last century we have become taller and taller, but since 1980 the growth has stopped,” government statisticians said Friday in a report on the findings written in Dutch. The world’s tallest populace is shrinking, and scientists want to know why 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Daubechies’ wide-ranging and collegial mind-set has amounted to something of a social movement, the Stanford statistician David Donoho says, with projects large and small that “send a beacon out.” The Godmother of the Digital Image 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z But the experts, eminent statisticians given inside access to census processes, limited their finding to the overall national tally and counts in the 50 states and the District of Columbia. Despite Many Obstacles, the 2020 Census Gets a Cautious Thumbs-Up 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z A study conducted by Aiken, Gomperts and statistician Jennifer Starling found that the highest rates of requests per capita came from states with the most abortion restrictions. Abortion pills are booming worldwide. Will their use grow in Texas? 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “That is not a thorough assessment,” said Nancy Potok, a former chief statistician of the U.S. who chaired the task force. Census experts find no political influence in state totals 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The statisticians said the decrease relates partly to “the increased immigration of shorter new population groups and the children born from them in the Netherlands.” The world’s tallest populace is shrinking, and scientists want to know why 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z They steal bases at a success rate of 79.5 percent, well above the 67 percent that statisticians say needs to be achieved for a steal attempt to be worth it. Was That Bunt Weird or Is Your Manager Mike Matheny? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The fire is menacing tens of thousands of what fire statisticians dryly call structures — wooden vacation cabins, Thai restaurants, churches, cheap motels and five-star resorts. One Night on the Fire Lines at Lake Tahoe 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z Overall, the percent of U.S. households that didn’t provide answers about their age, race and Hispanic background was in the 5% to 6% range, requiring Census Bureau statisticians to fill in the missing details. Census officials: Fewer gaps in data than initially feared 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z As part of the task force’s review, the Census Bureau allowed three outside statisticians to look for potential opportunities for errors in the census numbers that were greater in 2020 than they were in 2010. Census experts find no political influence in state totals 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z “Men without a migration background did not get any taller, and women without a migration background show a downward trend,” the statisticians added. The world’s tallest populace is shrinking, and scientists want to know why 2021-09-19T04:00:00Z Another play that annoys many new-era statisticians is the bunt: The consensus is that giving up an out usually costs more than is gained by advancing a runner. Was That Bunt Weird or Is Your Manager Mike Matheny? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z The government statistician said that for every 100 unemployed people, there were 106 jobs available. Dutch economy rebounds strongly from COVID-19 pandemic 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z Deputy statistician Jonathan Athow said the "world of work continues to rebound robustly" from the pandemic. Covid: PCR tests 'rip-off' and world of work 'bouncing back' 2021-08-17T04:00:00Z The statisticians assigned a ranking for those potential error risks by each state using 10 measurements. Census experts find no political influence in state totals 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z When crunching the numbers, Census Bureau statisticians expanded numeric codes in order to better capture a wider range of how people self-identify in the write-in answers. Multiracial boom reflects US racial, ethnic complexity 2021-08-13T04:00:00Z Intentional walks, one of the least popular moves for statisticians — and many fans — keep dropping. Was That Bunt Weird or Is Your Manager Mike Matheny? 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z Census Bureau statisticians and outside experts are trying to unravel a mystery: Why were so many questions about households in the 2020 census left unanswered? Census experts puzzled by high rate of unanswered questions 2021-08-08T04:00:00Z Again, I deserve no special credit for these predictions; had I not been introduced to Terror Management Theory by a colleague, I would have been just as clueless as the pundits and statisticians. Neuroscientist explains how fanatical Trump followers could lead us to societal collapse 2021-08-06T04:00:00Z The statisticians found that the states with the highest potential risks for more errors in 2020 than 2010 were Alaska, New Jersey, Utah, New York and Texas, Montana and New Mexico. Census experts find no political influence in state totals 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z The FDA’s advisory committee and staff statisticians urged the agency to reject the drug, saying evidence on effectiveness was lacking. The controversial approval of an Alzheimer’s drug reignites the battle over the underlying cause of the disease 2021-07-05T04:00:00Z Elias Sports Bureau, the official statistician of Major League Baseball, counts a lead as happening at any point during an inning. Rangers 105 complete innings without leading in 12-game skid 2021-07-26T04:00:00Z Jonathan Athow, the UK’s deputy national statistician, says June’s rise in inflation was ‘widespread’: UK inflation jumps to 2.5% in June, highest since August 2018 – business live 2021-07-14T04:00:00Z But federal statisticians recommending the change had said it was long overdue, given that the U.S. population has more than doubled since the 50,000-person threshold was introduced in 1950. Feds will keep definition of metro at 50,000-person minimum 2021-07-13T04:00:00Z Indeed, how victims these events claim is often only apparent months after the event when statisticians can calculate excess mortality. Record June temperatures point to more 'extraordinary' extremes 2021-07-07T04:00:00Z When the next census counted millions fewer people than expected, the statisticians were executed. The War on History Is a War on Democracy 2021-06-29T04:00:00Z A team of immunologists, engineers, clinicians and statisticians across the NIH worked together to try and get a better handle on the number of undiagnosed coronavirus infections by looking for antibodies in blood samples. Nearly 5 out of 6 coronavirus cases were undetected in pandemic’s early months 2021-06-25T04:00:00Z Never in the history of baseball has a game included those hits from both teams, according to Jeremy Frank, an MLB statistician. Nationals top Phillies in epic slugfest 2021-06-23T04:00:00Z Federal statisticians recommending the change say it’s long overdue, given that the U.S. population has more than doubled since the 50,000-person threshold was introduced in 1950. Senators would stop ‘micropolitan’ label for 144 US cities 2021-06-16T04:00:00Z CoreLogic, a corporation that provides property data as well as citywide and nationwide scores, offers detailed risk reports with data sourced from mineralogical scientists, climate scientists, engineers and statisticians. Add ‘climate hazards’ to your homebuyer’s checklist 2021-06-15T04:00:00Z Technological innovations allowed most households to answer the census questionnaire online for the first time instead of just by mail or phone, surprising statisticians with a self-response rate that exceeded expectations. Report says technology kept 2020 census below expected cost 2021-06-14T04:00:00Z An F.D.A. clinical analyst said there was a sufficient case for approval, but an F.D.A. statistician wrote that another trial was needed because “there is no compelling, substantial evidence of treatment effect or disease slowing.” F.D.A. Approves Alzheimer’s Drug Despite Fierce Debate Over Whether It Works 2021-06-07T04:00:00Z As soon as Kawhi Leonard’s work was over Friday, more began for statisticians turning to basketball’s annals to find precedent for his performance. Clippers will try to beat Dallas at home with new outlook and game plan 2021-06-06T04:00:00Z But an F.D.A. statistician wrote that another trial was needed because “there is no compelling, substantial evidence of treatment effect or disease slowing.” Alzheimer’s Drug Poses a Dilemma for the F.D.A. 2021-06-05T04:00:00Z The Harvard team — including political scientists, a statistician and data scientist — simulated drawing a large number of realistic maps of political districts in different states. Harvard researchers recommend Census not use privacy tool 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z But some statisticians, along with advocates from both ends of the political spectrum, charge that the bureau’s plans could corrupt the data so much as to make it unusable. New system to protect census data may compromise accuracy, some experts say 2021-06-01T04:00:00Z Both appointments last summer were widely seen as political and were met with withering criticism from demographers, statisticians and lawmakers because they lacked experience and expertise with the Census Bureau. Conservatives aim at Census’ method for uncounted households 2021-05-30T04:00:00Z Here's what goes into some of the various counts of COVID-19 pandemic deaths and how I as a statistician think about their differences. 578,555 people have died from COVID in the US, or maybe it’s 912,345 — here’s why it’s hard to count 2021-05-28T04:00:00Z Census Bureau statisticians said more privacy protections are needed as technological innovations magnify the threat of people being identified through their survey answers, which are confidential. Census Bureau’s use of ‘synthetic data’ worries researchers 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z If the Census Bureau ends up using the technique, statisticians should favor accuracy over privacy when attempting to balance the two principles, the researchers said. Harvard researchers recommend Census not use privacy tool 2021-06-02T04:00:00Z By the end of December, the UK was no longer at the top of the list compiled by official statisticians that takes account of population size or reporting. Does the UK have highest Covid death toll in Europe? 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z It has happened 1,999,610 times through Monday’s games, according to the Elias Sports Bureau, the official statisticians for Major League Baseball. On the Verge of Two Million Runs 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z “Clothing sales soared by nearly three quarters as consumers took advantage of being able to visit physical stores. Perhaps unsurprisingly, overall online sales dipped, but still remain high,” ONS deputy national statistician Jonathan Athow said. UK retail sales jump 9.2% in April as shops reopen 2021-05-21T04:00:00Z The bureau also is allowing a team of outside statisticians to perform quality checks. In rural America, census takers relied more on neighbors 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z Alphonse Bertillon was the black sheep of his largely intellectual family, many of whom were physicians and statisticians. Alphonse Bertillon and the troubling pursuit of human metrics 2021-05-16T04:00:00Z As a statistician who handles data for a living, I welcome this change. Side-stepping safeguards, data journalists are doing science now 2021-05-11T04:00:00Z But Elias is M.L.B.’s official statistician for all records before 2001, so its number — which closely mirrors the Baseball Reference number — is the one that stands. On the Verge of Two Million Runs 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z Those experts included the American Statistical Association, the largest organization in the United States representing statisticians and related professionals, as well as the National Academy of Sciences’ Board on Testing and Assessment. Perspective | Let’s review how Bill and Melinda Gates spent billions of dollars to change public education 2021-05-05T04:00:00Z In a test using 2010 census data, which was released without the obscuring technique, bureau statisticians said they were able to re-identify 17% of the U.S. population using information in commercial databases. Judges hear arguments over Census’ contentious privacy tool 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Treatment schemes are uniquely built for each patient using mathematical algorithms created by Randhawa and his team of data scientists and statisticians. An unorthodox allergy clinic seeks to disrupt medicine 2021-04-30T04:00:00Z An MLB committee in 1991 ruled a no-hitter had to go at least nine innings and the Elias Sports Bureau - the sport’s official statistician - repeated that stance last year when seven-inning doubleheaders began. LEADING OFF: D-backs keep pitching amid no-hitter debate 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z An MLB committee in 1991 ruled a no-hitter had to go at least nine innings and the Elias Sports Bureau — the sport’s official statistician — repeated that stance last year when seven-inning doubleheaders began. LEADING OFF: D-backs keep pitching amid no-hitter debate 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z Government statisticians used the survey to predict how communities would respond to vaccination efforts. Report: Wyoming home to most vaccine-hesitant counties in US 2021-04-15T04:00:00Z Morgan, the statistician, said the data could reflect less demand for tests among people who have been vaccinated and people seeking tests once they already have flu-like symptoms. Nevada sets June opening, official asks: ‘What happens if?’ 2021-04-14T04:00:00Z Noting that he, too, was surprised by the decline, he consulted with the USC statisticians, checked his analysis for missteps and personally recounted two census tracts. Despite appearances, 15% fewer homeless people were on Hollywood streets this year 2021-04-13T04:00:00Z Commenting on the updated British figures on Twitter on Saturday, statistician David Spiegelhalter said that if caused by the vaccine, the risk appears “low.” Europe’s vaccine divide: As scientists scramble for answers to AstraZeneca blood clot puzzle, some nations opt for caution 2021-04-05T04:00:00Z For example, data safety monitoring boards — composed of biologists, immunologists, statisticians and other health professionals — analyze clinical trial data and offer unbiased advice about how a trial should move forward, if at all. Opinion | How we can show hesitant Black D.C. residents that coronavirus vaccines are safe and effective 2021-03-25T04:00:00Z In 1906, a statistician called Francis Galton went to a country fair in Plymouth. Who makes BBC Sport readers' Lions XV? 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “Household goods also fared well, with feedback suggesting spending on home improvement and outdoor products boosted sales as consumers prepared for an easing of lockdown restrictions,” ONS statistician Jonathan Athow said. Garden party plans help push up UK retail sales 2021-03-26T04:00:00Z “The economy took a notable hit in January, albeit smaller than some expected, with retail, restaurants, schools and hairdressers all affected by the latest lockdown,” Jonathan Athow, an ONS statistician, said. UK economy shrank by less than feared in January, trade hit by Brexit 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Deputy national statistician Jonathan Athow says as well as shops being closed, manufacturing saw its first decline since last April. Covid-19: Wales and Scotland ease lockdown as economy takes hit 2021-03-12T05:00:00Z Jacob Siegel, 99, who spent 40 years with the Census Bureau before retiring in 1983 as a senior statistician, died Oct. Community deaths 2021-01-29T05:00:00Z The panel, made up of independent infectious disease experts, statisticians and epidemiologists, voted unanimously in favor of authorizing the vaccine. F.D.A. Expert Panel Endorses Johnson & Johnson’s Vaccine 2021-02-26T05:00:00Z But right now, statisticians are simply doing the best they can in a pandemic. How many Americans are unemployed? It’s likely a lot more than 10 million 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z She referred to “voter dumps” and “statisticians” who said it was “statistically impossible for what happened.” Where Giuliani Still Routinely Offers False Claims of Election Fraud 2021-01-24T05:00:00Z Trump’s four political appointments to the Census Bureau last year were denounced by statisticians and Democratic lawmakers worried they would politicize the once-a-decade head count. Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z Trump’s four political appointments to the Census Bureau last year were denounced by statisticians and Democratic lawmakers worried they would politicize the once-a-decade head count. Time, transparency needed as Biden inherits frazzled census 2021-01-21T05:00:00Z According to basketball statistician Ken Pomeroy, the Huskies are favored in just two of their remaining 14 regular season games. After Husky men lose at Cal, the question becomes: Can they win again this season? 2021-01-09T05:00:00Z The vast majority of teams across Europe are committing vast resources to building teams of analysts and statisticians and physicists. Numbers, Knowledge and Better Set Pieces: a View Into Soccer’s Future 2020-12-30T05:00:00Z The number of deaths was lower than normal in most other weeks, the statisticians said. COVID drives Dutch death rate up to highest level since WWII 2020-12-29T05:00:00Z There is a large divergence in the way statisticians in different places have recorded such turbulent times though, so all the numbers need to be treated with caution. Business review of 2020: Covid-19 and Trump 2020-12-25T05:00:00Z For people with DITs, the most common careers are computer and information research scientist; economist; mathematician or statistician; survey researcher; and postsecondary teacher. Information technology: Career options range far beyond tech startups | Provided by City University of Seattle 2020-12-24T05:00:00Z It was easy to imagine the confusion in the statisticians’ seats. Liverpool's Curtis Jones enjoys the midfield battle and comes of age | Barney Ronay 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z In a statement, MLB said a review process is underway with its official statistician, the Elias Sports Bureau, to determine the full scope of the designation’s effect on records and statistics. MLB to give Negro Leagues 'long overdue recognition' as a major league 2020-12-16T05:00:00Z And only about 40 percent of trained statisticians — the group with the best performance — chose good plans for their needs. It’s Not Just You: Picking a Health Insurance Plan Is Really Hard 2020-12-11T05:00:00Z The F.D.A.’s vaccine advisory panel, composed of independent scientific experts, infectious disease doctors and statisticians, voted 17 to 4, with one member abstaining, in favor of emergency authorization for people 16 and older. F.D.A. Advisory Panel Gives Green Light to Pfizer Vaccine 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z First, there was a note from a statistician with an update on the virus’s spread — a color-coded map of South Dakota that showed active cases skyrocketing in many counties. A rural S.D. community ignored the virus. Then people started dying. 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z It also extended the deadline for turning in apportionment numbers from the end of December to the end of next April, giving bureau statisticians five months to crunch the numbers. House committee chair presses Census on delays to count 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z “With evidence of high efficacy against disease and severe disease, the vaccine checks a lot of boxes,” Natalie Dean, a statistician at the University of Florida, told Stat News. Moderna to ask FDA for COVID-19 vaccine authorization 2020-11-30T05:00:00Z The first step in that process would be to accept the work of three generations of statisticians who have been forensically poring over archived materials. A push to recognize the statistics of Black players from baseball's era of apartheid 2020-11-25T05:00:00Z Data from national statisticians show there were almost 14,000 deaths in the week ending 13 November. Excess deaths in UK 'a fifth higher than normal' 2020-11-24T05:00:00Z A Pfizer statistician, who was walled off from the rest of the company, was to deliver the news from the data monitoring board in a video conference. Politics, Science and the Remarkable Race for a Coronavirus Vaccine 2020-11-21T05:00:00Z Dr. Elizabeth Halloran, a statistician at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said the usefulness of masks also depends on how much virus a person is exposed to. A New Study Questions Whether Masks Protect Wearers. You Need to Wear Them Anyway. 2020-11-18T05:00:00Z The advisory committee is made up of statisticians, demographers and others who provide recommendations on Census Bureau programs. Advisory group worried about rural census, crunched timeline 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z "But — I'm just saying — if you talk to political people, pollsters, mathematicians, statisticians, they'll say that based on the trend line, that's not likely to happen." Arizona's Republican attorney general sees "no evidence" of voter fraud: Voters backed GOP—not Trump 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z It takes a while for statisticians to calculate the size of the economy, so their figures always describe the recent past, not what's happening today. Coronavirus: What is a recession and how could it affect me? 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z "While all main sectors of the economy continued to recover, the rate of growth slowed again, with the economy still remaining well below its pre-pandemic peak," said Jonathan Athow, deputy national statistician for economic statistics. UK economy bounces back from recession 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z The statistician said a third study should be conducted to clear the matter up. Alzheimer’s drug gets boost from FDA staff despite inconclusive note 2020-11-04T05:00:00Z There were 12,292 deaths in the week ending 23 October - 1,100 where Covid was mentioned on the death certificate, national statisticians reported. Covid: Deaths 10% higher than normal as virus deaths rise 2020-11-03T05:00:00Z “We had expert economists and statisticians dig into those numbers and they testified the likelihood of that increase coming out of the blue, or being random, is basically zero,” Mr. Blum said. Edward Blum: Colleges shouldn’t use race as factor for admissions 2020-11-01T04:00:00Z The U.K. is recording more than 20,000 new coronavirus infections a day, and government statisticians say the true figure is far higher. UK could see new lockdown in days as virus cases surge 2020-10-31T04:00:00Z Why is it necessary to stigmatize statisticians with the sobriquet “propeller-heads”? Don’t we have enough denigration of science and mathematics without The Post joining in the “nerd” chorus? Opinion | Readers critique The Post: Be mindful of the language used to describe the exploitation of animals 2020-10-30T04:00:00Z This is not an issue of interest primarily to statisticians and demographers. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-10-28T04:00:00Z Earlier, the UK's national statistician said there was "no question" that the UK was experiencing a second wave of coronavirus cases. Covid: New infections in Scotland increase by 1,303 2020-10-25T04:00:00Z Community activists, statisticians and civil rights groups say racial and ethnic minorities are historically undercounted, and shortcomings in the 2020 census could set the course of life in their communities for years to come. Census takers fall short of target goal in areas of US 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z “This is a very common question,” Lee Anne Flagg, a CDC statistician, responded. The accuracy of death certificates has never been more important 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Lauren M. Rossen, a senior health statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of Tuesday’s report, said the death rate in the young-adult age group “was trending up before the pandemic.” The coronavirus pandemic has caused nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected in a typical year 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z Lauren Rossen, a senior health statistician at the National Center for Health Statistics and lead author of Tuesday’s report, said the death rate in the young-adult age group “was trending up before the pandemic.” Coronavirus pandemic has caused nearly 300,000 more deaths than expected in a typical year 2020-10-20T04:00:00Z In the new paper, biologists and statisticians collaborated on a model that addressed that problem. Why Male Baboons Benefit From Female Friends 2020-10-01T04:00:00Z Our team consists of a number of external consultants — political scientists, pollsters, statisticians — who are flying in from other states. Meet Arnon Mishkin, the Fox News analyst who will call the winner of the election 2020-10-19T04:00:00Z To counter what they see as unprecedented political interference in one of the world’s most respected statistical agencies, prominent statisticians are urging the U.S. Census Bureau needs outside help to save the 2020 census from political meddling, experts say 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z This type of analysis uses Bayes’s theorem, named after Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century English statistician and minister. Do We Live in a Simulation? Chances Are about 50–50 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Morgan was widely considered one of the greatest second basemen to play the game, and labeled the very best by baseball historian and statistician Bill James. Joe Morgan, Hall of Fame second baseman who sparked the Big Red Machine, dies at 77 2020-10-12T04:00:00Z The nation has long relied on an unseen army of government professionals — scientists, doctors, engineers, technicians, statisticians — to safeguard public safety amid a freewheeling market-based economy. Another casualty of the coronavirus pandemic: Trust in government science 2020-10-11T04:00:00Z The former state representative, data scientist and statistician takes a practical and analytical approach to current issues. The Times recommends: Derek Stanford for state senator, District 1 2020-09-24T04:00:00Z “It’s a meaningless number” that can’t be used as a measure of data quality, says Potok, who retired in January as the government’s chief statistician. Census Bureau needs outside help to save the 2020 census from political meddling, experts say 2020-10-16T04:00:00Z He decided with the help of his statistician that he had to be able to hit it further than everyone else, and to hell with whether he found the fairway or not. Bryson DeChambeau makes science out of a sport people believe should be art | Andy Bull 2020-09-23T04:00:00Z The five southern and western states also would lose a half billion dollars in Medicaid annually, the statisticians said. Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z Criminologist Daniel Nagin and statistician Amelia Haviland at Carnegie Mellon University plan to document the impact of the pandemic on jail populations and explore how population changes in U.S. jails relate to crime rates. Pandemic inspires new push to shrink jails and prisons 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z The Elias Sports Bureau, which is the league’s official statistician, was going to round it up to 10.0 assists. Vandersloot gets a little help to reach 10 assists per game 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The Elias Sports Bureau, which is the league’s official statistician, was going to round it up to 10.0 assists. Vandersloot gets a little help to reach 10 assists per game 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z More than just information for the statisticians to pore over is involved in the Census. Editorial Roundup: Ohio 2020-09-14T04:00:00Z The study by Auerbach, a Columbia University statistician, and Pierson, director of science policy at the American Statistical Association, was posted online by the association. Study: Ending census early will cost Florida, Montana seats 2020-09-17T04:00:00Z It might be a small margin for a statistician, but it was a difference that she said "could change her life". The story of the big U-turn of the summer 2020-09-12T04:00:00Z Many of those decisions depended on data detective work that epidemiologists, medical statisticians and economists were scrambling to conduct. Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z Welsh government statisticians said the fall was due to demand exceeding Lighthouse laboratory capacity. Dramatic fall in coronavirus home testing speeds 2020-09-09T04:00:00Z So he terminated the bureau’s press conferences, senior career statisticians were removed and a new outside deputy commissioner for data analysis was appointed. Opinion | Political interference threatens the census. Here’s how to protect it. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Government statisticians try to make adjustments for how the changing quality of goods affects the price. Inflation Is Higher Than the Numbers Say 2020-09-02T04:00:00Z In a mad dash, government statisticians tried to determine what it showed. How Trump politicized another federal agency’s response to the pandemic 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The current tally reflects the tremendous variation that worries statisticians. Will the 2020 census numbers be good enough, and how soon will we know? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z On Monday, the government announced it was appointing Benjamin Overholt, a statistician with conservative ties, as the bureau’s deputy director for data. Civil rights groups, cities sue Trump administration over new census deadline 2020-08-18T04:00:00Z We served as chief statistician of the United States for a collective 27 years. Opinion | Political interference threatens the census. Here’s how to protect it. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z Garcia-Marquez, who grew up in San Diego and once was a statistician on Chargers radio broadcasts, covered the team in 2008 as a color analyst. Chargers will have a new but familiar Spanish-language radio voice this season 2020-08-16T04:00:00Z Darwin's cousin, the noted statistician Francis Galton, saw such generalizations as precisely the point. Darwin, Expression, and the lasting legacy of eugenics 2020-08-09T04:00:00Z “To the extent there is variation,” says Robert Groves, a statistician and provost of Georgetown University, “it’s a red flag for the possibility of a disproportionate undercount.” Will the 2020 census numbers be good enough, and how soon will we know? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z The bureau “needs the additional time to complete a high-quality census,” Nancy Potok, who recently retired as the chief statistician of the United States, told National Public Radio. Op-Ed: We have one last chance to get the census right, if the White House lets us 2020-08-05T04:00:00Z As chief statisticians, we developed — and the Office of Management and Budget issued — extensive standards to ensure information quality complied with the law. Opinion | Political interference threatens the census. Here’s how to protect it. 2020-09-08T04:00:00Z But if the census ends early, without effectively counting hard-to-reach populations, Census Bureau statisticians will use a method called “imputation” to basically guess who’s missing. Opinion | Trump is resurrecting the census’s horrific history 2020-08-03T04:00:00Z Joseph Blitzstein, a statistician at Harvard, delves into the utility of Bayesian analysis in his popular course “Statistics 110: Probability.” How to Think Like an Epidemiologist 2020-08-04T04:00:00Z Maloney’s House panel, for example, wants to speak with all of them, including statistician Benjamin Overholt, who on 17 August was unveiled as the agency’s new deputy director for data. Will the 2020 census numbers be good enough, and how soon will we know? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z If a household doesn’t reply, statisticians “impute” data for that home by extrapolating from nearby households that did provide answers. Experts cast doubt on Trump census order: ‘It’s not possible to do it accurately’ 2020-08-02T04:00:00Z Several statisticians who were reluctant to speak publicly told ScienceInsider that they are rooting for the Supreme Court to torpedo Trump’s effort. Can the Census Bureau actually meet Trump’s demand to count noncitizens? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z Government statisticians analysed 17,039 fixed penalty notices imposed from March to May in England and Wales. Ethnic minorities 'more likely to get Covid fines' 2020-07-27T04:00:00Z The technique uses Bayes’s theorem, named after Thomas Bayes, an 18th-century English statistician and minister. How Many Aliens Are in the Milky Way? Astronomers Turn to Statistics for Answers 2020-07-16T04:00:00Z “There is precedent for this type of collaborative relationship,” says Katherine Wallman, a former chief statistician at the White House Office of Management and Budget. Will the 2020 census numbers be good enough, and how soon will we know? 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Documents released in the course of litigation against tobacco companies—which funded some of Eysenck’s work—show even some industry statisticians and researchers privately expressed doubt about the results. Misconduct allegations push psychology hero off his pedestal 2020-07-15T04:00:00Z Moreover, many statisticians believe that generating accurate counts for all three citizenship variables—citizens, documented immigrants, and undocumented residents--is a bridge too far for the agency. Can the Census Bureau actually meet Trump’s demand to count noncitizens? 2020-07-28T04:00:00Z The submission was backed by four other infectious disease researchers and statisticians, but it was also rejected, records show. A plasma shot could prevent coronavirus. But feds and makers won't act, scientists say 2020-07-10T04:00:00Z This month, the Society for the Study of Evolution and the Committee of Presidents of Statistical Societies both renamed awards that honored Fisher, the statistician. Amid protests against racism, scientists move to strip offensive names from journals, prizes, and more 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z Faced with rising cases in multiple states, he said, the administration is consulting with statisticians to estimate the ideal proportions for a pool in a particular location. Federal Officials Turn to a New Testing Strategy as Infections Surge 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z Only 28% of local health departments have an epidemiologist or statistician. Hollowed out public health system faces more cuts amid virus 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Much of that is down to Michael Edwards, the club’s sporting director, and the cadre of academics and statisticians and quants who work alongside him. The Triumph of Merseyball: How Liverpool Won the Premier League 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z The statisticians association said its board of directors was “deeply troubled” by the appointments since Census Bureau director Steven Dillingham “provided no justification for the new positions, description of duties, or qualifications of the appointees.” Statisticians join criticism against Census Bureau hires 2020-06-26T04:00:00Z And Dad, ever the engineer, ever the statistician and obsessive scientist, kept their scores. This Father’s Day, a writer pays fond homage to Dad through an old Scrabble set 2020-06-21T04:00:00Z "We began scraping prices on the 16 March for items that were subject to stockpiling early on in the pandemic, such as toilet paper, medication and long-life foods," said ONS prices statistician Helen Sands. Lockdown price hikes for beans and cleaning spray 2020-06-18T04:00:00Z "The growth in consumer prices again slowed to the lowest annual rate in four years," said ONS deputy national statistician for economic statistics Jonathan Athow. UK inflation rate falls to 0.5% 2020-06-17T04:00:00Z Returning to Washington after high school, he was a statistician at the Office of Price Stabilization before joining The Post news staff in 1952. Robert Alden, Washington Post news and design editor, dies at 87 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Mortality rates are "normally higher in more deprived areas" and coronavirus appeared to be "increasing this effect", an ONS statistician said. Deprived areas hit twice as hard by coronavirus 2020-06-12T04:00:00Z The study was released without peer review, and its methods and conclusions have been ferociously criticized by other statisticians and scientists. So How Deadly Is COVID-19? 2020-06-05T04:00:00Z “We left with heavy hearts,” says Reid, a statistician at the University of Toronto. Scientists’ worlds will shrink in the wake of the pandemic 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z Scientists who wrote and signed the letter criticizing the study included clinicians, researchers, statisticians and ethicists from academic medical centers, including Harvard’s T.H. Scientists Question Validity of Major Hydroxychloroquine Study 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z Excess deaths are now approaching 60,000 across the UK, ONS statistician Nick Stripe said, citing the latest data - a toll equivalent to the populations of historic cities like Canterbury and Hereford. UK COVID-19 death toll tops 47,000 as pressure heaps on PM Johnson 2020-05-26T04:00:00Z Most statisticians and public health experts say he is wrong; the death toll is probably far higher than what is publicly known. Trump Suggests Virus Death Count Is Inflated. Most Experts Doubt It 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z A team of more than 30 disease detectives — epidemiologists, clinicians and statisticians — is poring over thousands of pages of medical records. After 3 Children Die, a Race to Investigate a Baffling Virus Syndrome 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z To assess whether the vaccine works, Oxford’s statisticians will compare the number of infections in the control group to the number of infections in the vaccinated group. UK coronavirus vaccine trial is 'progressing very well,' recruiting children and older adults 2020-05-22T04:00:00Z Jonathan Athow, deputy national statistician for economic statistics at the Office for National Statistics, said: "While the coronavirus limited the availability of some goods and services, its effect on prices was more muted." UK inflation falls sharply in April 2020-05-20T04:00:00Z It calls for a concerted, bridge-building effort involving statisticians, physicists, epidemiologists, meteorologists, sociologists and economists. To set coronavirus policy, model lives and livelihoods in lockstep 2020-05-18T04:00:00Z The figures covered only the first weeks of the lockdown, said Jonathan Athow, deputy national statistician for economic statistics at the ONS. U.K. unemployment claims surge 69% as pandemic takes hold 2020-05-19T04:00:00Z If these have become the accepted standard in biomedical research, Raoult contends, it is only because they appeal to statisticians “who have never seen a patient.” He Was a Science Star. Then He Promoted a Questionable Cure for Covid-19. 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z But using the measure preferred by statisticians, all deaths above what would usually be expected during that time of year, it was even higher: 645. NI Covid-19 death toll 70% higher than daily figure 2020-05-14T04:00:00Z “With the arrival of the pandemic, nearly every aspect of the economy was hit in March, dragging growth to a record monthly fall,” said statistician Jonathan Athow. UK’s coronavirus slump begins with 5.8% slide in March 2020-05-13T04:00:00Z The measure preferred by statisticians, counting all deaths above what would be expected, was even higher: more than 50,000. How many people have died because of coronavirus? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z As for his “crew,” which consisted of just a statistician and an engineer, Albert said: “When there would be a lull, I would be having conversations with myself.” When the Knicks Were Legend 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z While statisticians generally agree with that assessment, Mr. Johnson implicitly acknowledged its weakness as a political argument. As U.K. Deaths Mount, the Political Terrain Gets Trickier for Boris Johnson 2020-05-06T04:00:00Z Many statisticians contacted him via Twitter suggesting one or another more sophisticated analysis. New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z He said Britain has “denser cities” compared to other countries and the number of deaths are high because the figures are a “product of excellent statisticians counting in a way that other countries don’t”. UK coronavirus live: doctors had prepared to announce Boris Johnson's death 2020-05-03T04:00:00Z When every country counts things differently, statisticians turn to a different measure - with a simpler definition. How many people have died because of coronavirus? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z He said policies to control the viral spread “should be reversed summarily and acknowledged to be a mistake, perpetrated by statisticians with erroneous computer models.” Antibody tests support what’s been obvious: Covid-19 is much more lethal than the flu 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z The highest-quality studies involve going house to house to recruit a cross-section of society, said Natalie Dean, a University of Florida statistician and researcher. Answers to questions about new coronavirus antibody studies 2020-04-24T04:00:00Z His team applied the suggestions, Dr. Drosten said, and even invited one of the statisticians to collaborate. New Studies Add to Evidence that Children May Transmit the Coronavirus 2020-05-05T04:00:00Z Last year saw more than 15,000 migrants arrive in Armenia, the largest number in over a decade, according to Hrant Mikaelian, a statistician and researcher at the Yerevan think tank Caucasus Institute. A diaspora in reverse: Armenian Americans return to the homeland 2020-04-23T04:00:00Z And it's these extra or "excess" deaths, the difference between the number we normally see and what we're seeing at the moment, that statisticians use to capture the true toll of the coronavirus. How many people have died because of coronavirus? 2020-05-12T04:00:00Z “I offered to be a control group and I was told by our statistician you can’t do that because people from all parts of southern Nevada come in to work in the city,” Goodman said. Vegas mayor draws critics’ ire over remarks about reopening 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z As an assistant supervisor, Kosiorek helps assign roughly 20 statisticians and statistical programmers to projects and oversees their work. Three researchers who are coming at cancer from all angles 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “I think the authors of the paper owe us all an apology,” wrote Columbia University statistician and political scientist Andrew Gelman in an online commentary. Antibody surveys suggesting vast undercount of coronavirus infections may be unreliable 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z “Maybe every preprint header or primer should end with, ‘talk to your neighborhood statistician,’” to determine how legitimate a paper is — or is not. Coronavirus Tests Science’s Need for Speed Limits 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Last year Los Alamos statisticians beat out more than 20 teams in a CDC competition aimed at improving flu forecasting using supercomputing power. Virus forecast model from US defense team draws attention 2020-04-20T04:00:00Z A statistician, she makes her own noise maps using Google Maps and incorporates data from Massport, the authority that owns the airport, as well as the Federal Aviation Administration and Flight Aware, a tracking service. As Online Buying Surges, So Do Noisy Cargo Flights 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z She said the government has now figured out that “these fancy COVID-19 models were wrong” and that her personal team of statisticians and medical professionals who predicted as much were correct. Climate Science Deniers Turn to Attacking Coronavirus Models 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z As any statistician will tell you, if you don’t trust the numbers, you’re better off not reporting it. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z She said the government has now figured out that "these fancy COVID-19 models were wrong" and that her personal team of statisticians and medical professionals who predicted as much were correct. U.S. conservatives who detest climate models add a new target: coronavirus models 2020-04-15T04:00:00Z “All models are wrong, but some are useful,” said George Box, a statistician, reminding us of the tension between understanding models as tools for thinking versus expecting models to be oracles. Leading with the Unknowns in COVID-19 Models 2020-04-11T04:00:00Z Her father, a government statistician, was an ill-tempered drunk who she said beat her and her siblings with a leather strap to enforce discipline. Honor Blackman, actress who played Pussy Galore in ‘Goldfinger,’ dies at 94 2020-04-06T04:00:00Z “I think about it—am I going to get panned by one of the statisticians online?” he says. How Twitter is Changing Medical Research 2020-04-01T04:00:00Z “A society united in fear is more cohesive,” said Simon Briscoe, a British statistician who wrote a book, “Panicology,” on when and why people panic. Amid coronavirus outbreak, a thin line between prudence and panic 2020-03-13T04:00:00Z A lot, according to statistician Paul Mitchell, vice president of Political Data Inc, a private firm employed by both Republican and Democratic parties. California's rules for independent party voters is another form of suppression | Greg Palast 2020-03-02T05:00:00Z A statistician would make an expected value calculation, and determine funding accordingly, but the country is far from rational. Responses to “The Cancer Industry: Hype vs. Reality” 2020-02-23T05:00:00Z Scientists, statisticians and people well away from the line of fire may scoff, but the fear, which is spread by word of mouth and, more rapidly, through online posts, is real. Stress, rumors, even violence: Virus fear goes viral 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The statisticians he worked with thought it should be possible to predict the weather weeks or months away by scouring the historical record to see what happened previously when conditions were the same. The butterfly effect is not what you think it is 2020-02-02T05:00:00Z A victory with caveats too, to be sure: how Bernd Leno managed to emerge with a clean sheet is a question that will flummox the statisticians of the future. Arsenal turn on the style in second half to thrash Newcastle 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z The Beckett Baseball Card Price Guide, started by a statistician in the 80s, first codified the price of trading cards. It’s an Investment, Yes. But for One Day, It’s a Time Machine. 2020-02-16T05:00:00Z I’m no statistician but my guess is that for as many people who are thinking of their partner on this Valentine’s Day, there are just as many ruminating over an ex. Happy Valentine's Day. Play a video game about breaking up 2020-02-14T05:00:00Z The UK's national statistician has suggested that the 2021 headcount could be the UK's last, with future population counts being carried out in other cheaper - and easier - ways. Seven things you need to know about the census 2020-02-12T05:00:00Z The Police Department’s chief statistician, Chief Michael LiPetri, did not mention the bail law when he discussed the primary drivers behind increases in assaults, shootings, robberies and car thefts in January. Spike in Crime Inflames Debate Over Bail Law in New York 2020-02-04T05:00:00Z Thurner is a sports statistician by trade, previously creating "Statzhub" which provides statistics, game stories, photos and videos for any high school competition. The program that eliminates cheating and sandbagging at your golf course for good - Golf Digest 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z A statistician at Homeland Security figured out it would take hundreds of thousands of people standing arm to arm to create a line that long. ‘Why haven’t you shut down the border?’: inside Trump’s White House 2020-01-21T05:00:00Z Americans United for Life President Catherine Glenn Foster, who said she regretted her own abortion, told Fox News the study was "inherently tainted by every statistician's nightmare: selection bias." Pro-life leaders rip 'inherently tainted' research purporting to debunk abortion 'regret' 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Of Mr. Trump’s roughly 70 interviews in 2019, 23 took place on Fox News, according to Mark Knoller, a CBS News reporter and the unofficial statistician of the White House press corps. After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press 2019-12-30T05:00:00Z With a hypothetical "basket of goods" statisticians measure how prices change, based on what we're buying and what we're leaving on the shelves. What were we buying in the 2010s? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z Suddenly armed with a two-shot advantage, Scott’s closing bogey, one matched by his closest pursuer, was relevant only to statisticians. Adam Scott builds on momentum from Presidents Cup, wins Australian PGA - Golf Digest 2019-12-22T05:00:00Z A 36-year-old statistician in Atlanta, Kaufman said Nassar assaulted her more than 20 times during her career as a youth gymnast growing up in Michigan, starting when she was 9 years old. While Larry Nassar victims wait, lawyers cash in on USA Gymnastics bankruptcy 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z Since then I have stayed involved for almost 70-years as an official, various aspects of the media, and as a statistician. The Sports Report: Paul George overlooks boos to lead Clippers past Pacers 2019-12-10T05:00:00Z The early start suggests a lot Americans may be sick at the same time, said Dave Osthus, a statistician who does flu forecasting at Los Alamos National Laboratory. U.S. flu season arrives early, driven by an unexpected virus 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z The prices are used by statisticians to calculate inflation and the cost of living. What were we buying in the 2010s? 2019-12-29T05:00:00Z He and other federal statisticians and economists could not say exactly how much of the increase was caused by that tax. Retail drug prices declined last year for first time since 1973 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z The geometric mean is another measure of central tendency, as statisticians say. The Ditherer’s Mean 2019-11-30T05:00:00Z Elias was started in 1913 by brothers Al Munro Elias and Walter Bruce Elias and became official statistician of baseball’s National League in 1919. Stats maven Seymour Siwoff dead at 99 2019-11-29T05:00:00Z Tenenbaum tapped NJ Scheers, a statistician who, in the early 1990s, led the agency’s Infant Suffocation Project, which investigated the dangers of adult soft bedding. Dozens of infant deaths have been tied to a popular baby product. But regulators are too paralyzed to act. 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z The NHL passed the one-quarter point of the schedule last week, and league statisticians produced some interesting numbers. NHL observations: Why Dave Tippett left Seattle expansion for Edmonton expectations 2019-11-23T05:00:00Z This, you will agree, is the sort of research that matters, the sort of material that academics and statisticians all over the world should be devoting their time to understanding. Can South America Produce a Superclub? 2019-11-22T05:00:00Z Sports statistician Stephen Woodcock says magnitude-based inference, a statistical method popular in sport science, is deeply flawed. Daily briefing: The vast global tide of used and discarded goods 2019-11-14T05:00:00Z The p-value cutoff for significance Is “a measure that has gained gatekeeper status … not only for publication but for people to take your results seriously,” says Northwestern University statistician Blake McShane. Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Among the “Alliance of World Scientists” members who were apparently real people, many identified themselves as teachers, students, administrators, statisticians, economists, technicians, therapists, doctors, psychologists — not climate scientists. ‘Climate emergency’ declaration takes heat for fictional ‘world scientists’ 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z This is the notion that crowds together produce more accurate assessments than individuals - something first observed by 19th century English statistician Francis Galton at a country fair event to guess the weight of an ox. All bets on: how to read bookie odds on a UK election 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z As part of my work as a statistician, I research virtual habitats, including models of areas likely to be inhabited by jaguars. Homing in on the jaguar 2019-10-27T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, Charles Spearman, a British statistician and eugenicist of the Galton school, found a correlation between a child’s performance on different tests. How science has shifted our sense of identity 2019-10-07T04:00:00Z What it really represents is widely misunderstood, even by scientists and some statisticians, said Nicole Lazar, a statistics professor at the University of Georgia. Sorry, wrong number: Statistical benchmark comes under fire 2019-11-12T05:00:00Z Benjamin Gurrentz, a bureau survey statistician, writes that the growth in unmarried cohabitation reflects either its increasing normalization or its view as an alternative to marriage for socially disadvantaged groups. Unmarried partners in US has tripled in 2 decades 2019-09-24T04:00:00Z The capex downgrade was due to government statisticians including a demand-side survey of capex in the revised GDP data, which is not factored in the preliminary figures and showed weakness in the sector. Japan downgrades second-quarter GDP as trade war dulls business... 2019-09-08T04:00:00Z However, issues with the way data is captured led official statisticians to warn "it is not possible to provide a robust count of the number of individuals prescribed methadone". Methadone prescription numbers 'not accurate' 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z A statistician’s analysis cited in court documents said “odds of an anomaly that large are less than 1 in 1 million,” the Journal-Constitution reported. Probe of missing Georgia votes finds "extreme" irregularities in black districts 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The study is a collaboration among scientists including psychologists, sociologists and statisticians from the United States, United Kingdom, Europe and Australia. New genetic links to same-sex sexual behavior found 2019-08-29T04:00:00Z There he obtained a doctorate in economics from Columbia, and became the preëminent economic statistician in the country. The Rich Can’t Get Richer Forever, Can They? 2019-08-26T04:00:00Z It is compiled by statisticians working for the Scottish government and is free from political interference. Key Scottish economic figures to be published 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z Never fear, though: All nine countries’ statisticians are surely cooking their books to hurt Trump, too. Opinion | Move over, Illuminati. The conspiracy against Trump’s economy is massive. 2019-08-19T04:00:00Z Stark, the Berkeley statistician, said in a court filing in the lawsuit that the irregularities are too large to ignore. Probe of missing Georgia votes finds "extreme" irregularities in black districts 2019-08-30T04:00:00Z The broader initiative includes decision and social scientists, statisticians, computer scientists, and folks from the physical environmental sciences as well as ecologists. An ecologist with an eye toward forecasting the future 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z In March, three statisticians and more than 800 signatories argued for scientists to abandon the entire concept of statistical significance. Summer briefing: The best of the Briefing 2019-08-14T04:00:00Z Moreover, a study this year by a group of statisticians and art historians, and published in the online journal Public Library of Science, a nonprofit, estimated that museum collections are 85% white and 87% male. Commentary: Targeted in El Paso, vilified by Trump. Why the Latino culture vacuum is dangerous 2019-08-15T04:00:00Z “Manufacturing output fell back after a strong start to the year, with production brought forward ahead of the UK’s original departure date from the EU,” ONS statistician Rob Kent Smith said. Brexit hazard warning lights: UK economy contracts for first time... 2019-08-09T04:00:00Z The headline first gained widespread attention when it was tweeted by the prominent statistician Nate Silver, of the statistics website Five Thirty-Eight, which was previously published by the New York Times. Trump praises New York Times headline that sparked uproar after shootings 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z In practice, this means that some papers that are flagged up as incorrect actually aren’t—and for that reason, some statisticians have criticized Carlisle’s work. How a Data Detective Exposed Suspicious Medical Trials 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z A statistician, Oliver invented the “offensive efficiency rating” and “defensive efficiency rating” that are now widely used and referred to on websites like Basketball Reference. Wizards’ new assistant coaches include analytics guru, a first-time coach 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z In May, statistician Prof Jan Hutton, a USS trustee, told the Financial Times that she had been thwarted in her efforts to investigate whether the pensions deficit had been exaggerated to justify the cuts. University pensions deficit could be £23bn 2019-08-01T04:00:00Z “Based on the uncertainty inherent in the models, the number could be as few as six,” said Prof Len Thomas, a statistician at the University of St Andrews and an author on the study. Fewer than 19 vaquita porpoises left – study 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z In practice, this means that some papers that are flagged up as incorrect actually aren’t — and for that reason, some statisticians have criticized Carlisle’s work. How a data detective exposed suspicious medical trials 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z But statisticians say parts of the peat problem may be relatively cheap and easy to solve. 'Restore UK bogs' to tackle climate change 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Particularly important is a chief statistician mandated to work across government agencies to promote data availability, and advocate for the use of data. Sustainable development will falter without data 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z A group of economists and statisticians recently calculated that, since 1910, black families have been stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars because of lost land. Kicked Off the Land 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z Amelia Haviland, a statistician and professor of public policy at Carnegie Mellon University, said consumers are likely to have a "pleasantly different" experience with a shift to a Medicare for All system. We asked experts what healthcare would look like under Medicare for All 2019-07-14T04:00:00Z Schietroma says his calculations were assessed by an independent statistician and through peer review, and that he purposely selected similar groups of patients, so it’s not surprising if the data closely match. How a data detective exposed suspicious medical trials 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Abi Fox, a statistician at the Ministry of Defence in the UK, said there were hundreds, if not thousands, of ways that calculus was used in everyday life. CPR, not calculus, 'saved Santa', lifesaver jokes 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z "However, this assumes that there is a genuine causal link between sugary drink intake and developing cancer and this still needs further research," said Dr Graham Wheeler, a senior statistician at Cancer Research UK. Are sugary drinks causing cancer? 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z A group of economists and statisticians recently calculated that, since 1910, black families have been stripped of hundreds of billions of dollars because of lost land. Kicked Off the Land 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z "Contributing to Jason is one of the most important things I do," says Sallie Keller, a statistician at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville who joined in 2007 and led Census Bureau and HHS studies. Jason—a secretive group of Cold War science advisers—is fighting to survive in the 21st century 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z As armchair statisticians like to remind us, the lifespan of the average restaurant is painfully short. Spago at middle age: Is Wolfgang Puck’s flagship restaurant still relevant? 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z The tribunal commissioned a statistician to review the analysis in the SocArXiv paper, and agrees with the paper’s conclusion that the data on voluntary transplants seem unreliable, says Hamid Sabi, counsel to the China Tribunal. China organ transplant claims raise alarm about research 2019-06-24T04:00:00Z At the Lewis-Sigler Institute for Integrative Genomics, life-science researchers pair up with biophysicists, computer scientists and statisticians to unravel human and animal genomes. Top 10 academic institutions in 2018: normalized 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Erik Gerlach, South Dakota’s state statistician, describes other factors affecting farmers: low prices for corn and soybeans, tariffs, and uncertainty surrounding disaster and trade relief packages. Weather woes cause American corn farmers to throw in the towel 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Kurume University asked a committee of statisticians and medical researchers to investigate 39 papers authored by Sato, and found some data falsification and inappropriate authorships. What universities can learn from one of science’s biggest frauds 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z In order to measure GDP, statisticians use three approaches: measuring the total value of goods and services produced; the total amount spent in the economy, and the total amount of income from profits and wages. Is it time to end our fixation with GDP and growth? 2019-06-17T04:00:00Z But, as a statistician and political polling expert, we think that there is one polling prediction device that will be overlooked and misunderstood: approval ratings. The most unpopular president could win again in 2020 2019-06-12T04:00:00Z Ratios are intrinsically problematic, some statisticians say, because they can muddle the relationship between two variables. Talk to the hand. Scientists try to debunk idea that finger length can reveal personality and health 2019-06-06T04:00:00Z These numbers were debunked in 1969 — 50 years ago — by a statistician celebrated by Planned Parenthood. Analysis | Planned Parenthood’s false stat: ‘Thousands’ of women died every year before Roe 2019-05-29T04:00:00Z We pore over transcripts of two-year-olds chattering and turn ourselves into amateur statisticians. Parenting by the Numbers 2019-05-27T04:00:00Z And right now these economists and statisticians are quitting in droves. Opinion | The Trump administration’s war on statistics isn’t slowing down 2019-05-23T04:00:00Z Monaco, by most statisticians’ reckoning, will be the Finn’s 298th start. Motor racing: Raikkonen shrugs off 300 race milestone 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z The cash crunch hit small businesses hardest, said Pronab Sen, the country’s recently retired top statistician. Modi Cut India’s Red Tape. Now He Hopes to Win Votes for His Work. 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z Amazingly, research by statistician Joseph Chang at Yale found that the most recent common ancestor of everyone alive today lived just 3,600 years ago. The Concept of "Race" Is a Lie 2019-05-14T04:00:00Z “Capone’s cell, which he shares with an embezzler known as ‘Bill’ Coleman, prison statistician, doesn’t look like the cozy den of a king of leisure,” reads the Philadelphia Record account from Aug. 21, 1929. Capone’s newly discovered prison roomie gets cot in exhibit 2019-05-02T04:00:00Z Debates over the census are usually reserved for demographers and statisticians, but the dispute over the citizenship question is one of high politics. Supreme Court weighs Trump’s push to add citizenship question to census 2019-04-23T04:00:00Z The Justice Department would get more accurate data if Commerce simply tasked statisticians with examining administrative records, rather than poisoning the census with a new question. Opinion | The Supreme Court must see through the obvious sabotage behind Trump’s census question 2019-04-22T04:00:00Z Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross’s March 2018 announcement of the question caused an outcry among former Census Bureau directors, statisticians, civil rights organizations and Democratic lawmakers. Federal judge in Maryland blocks Trump administration’s plan to add citizenship question to 2020 Census 2019-04-05T04:00:00Z Kristian Lum, the lead statistician at the Human Rights Data Analysis Group, and an expert on algorithmic bias, said she hoped Stanford’s stumble made the institution think more deeply about representation. 'Bias deep inside the code': the problem with AI 'ethics' in Silicon Valley 2019-03-29T04:00:00Z The aphorism “All models are wrong, but some are useful”, attributed to statistician George Box, is a cliché for a reason. The joy of stats 2019-03-24T04:00:00Z Three statisticians and more than 800 signatories call argue for scientists to abandon statistical significance. Daily briefing: “We call for the entire concept of statistical significance to be abandoned” 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z But the report’s lead author, Merianne Rose Spencer, a health statistician for the CDC’s Center for Health Statistics, pointed to the change in death rates as the most significant revelation. Fentanyl drug overdose deaths rising most sharply among African Americans 2019-03-20T04:00:00Z |
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