You may have a bad back and not even know it. One of the commonest back problems physicians treat, called spinal stenosis, gives leg symptoms: pain, tingling, numbness and weakness down the legs, ...

Low statistical power undermines the purpose of scientific research; it reduces the chance of detecting a true effect. Perhaps less intuitively, low power also reduces the likelihood that a ...

Significance testing, with appropriate multiple testing correction, is currently the most convenient method for summarizing the evidence for association between a disease and a genetic variant.

The fields of psychology and cognitive neuroscience have had some rough sledding in recent years. The bumps have come from high-profile fraudsters, concerns about findings that can't be replicated, ...

A study comparing different statistical methods used to remove the effects of selection bias in observational studies finds that results may vary and caution may be warranted when interpreting ...

Radiation Research, Vol. 174, No. 3 (September 2010), pp. 387-402 (16 pages) The etiology of childhood leukemia remains generally unknown, although risk models based on the Japanese A-bomb survivors ...

Here’s a short version of this post (spoiler! I’m making two intentional rhetorical missteps): Last week, the Columbia University Community College Research Center (CCRC) released a working paper ...

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What archaeological discoveries are considered newsworthy by U.S. media outlets and audiences? A new analysis of "pop-science" reporting reveals topical and regional disparities, including an apparent ...

As was Part 1 of this article, Part 2 is addressed to those practicing EFL/ESL teachers who currently avoid reading statistical studies. Assuming that the first article has been read, the discussion ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...