Statistics that tell the whole truth? It's as easy as ABC

It's said that statistics don't lie, but they often don't tell the whole truth, either. A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he believes can boost statistical power and significantly ...
Nature

Why the crisis in official statistics matters — and how it can be fixed

Governments that value effective policymaking should be alert to the perils of falling survey-response rates, inadequate ...
Nature

Statistics reach a ‘crisis point’: nations struggle with a critical lack of data

Some researchers are sounding the alarm over the official data sets that track crucial aspects of life in the United States, ...
Investopedia

T-Test: What It Is With Multiple Formulas and When to Use Them

This calculation can be used for hypothesis testing in statistics Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive ...
Indiatimes

TANSCHE, IIT-M to train teachers to set analytical questions for college exams

Chennai: Tamil Nadu State Council for Higher Education (TANSCHE), in partnership with IIT Madras, will train 15,000 faculty members from arts and science colleges, engineering colleges, and ...
psypost.org

AI chatbots give inconsistent responses to suicide-related questions, study finds

A new study published in the journal Psychiatric Services reports that three major artificial intelligence chatbots perform well when responding to questions about suicide that are either very low ...
Wall Street Journal

What Happens When Politicians Meddle With Economic Data: Argentina’s Example

President Trump fired the head of the BLS, claiming manipulated jobs numbers after a report of slowed hiring. While revisions were more dramatic than usual, these numbers are always revised. WSJ ...
Hindustan Times

AB de Villiers questions handling of Jasprit Bumrah's workload with Steyn's example, flags possible 'mismanagement'

Jasprit Bumrah has been one of India’s primary bowlers across all formats. But managing his workload has become one of the team’s most pressing challenges, and in the middle of a crucial five-Test ...
The New York Times

They Asked an A.I. Chatbot Questions. The Answers Sent Them Spiraling.

Generative A.I. chatbots are going down conspiratorial rabbit holes and endorsing wild, mystical belief systems. For some people, conversations with the technology can deeply distort reality. By ...
BBC

Georgian vote result makes no statistical sense - Western pollsters

The results of last week's election in Georgia cannot be explained, two US pollsters commissioned to carry out exit polls for opposition TV channels have said. The reports by HarrisX and Edison ...
jagranjosh.com

Fractions: Definition, Types, Properties, Questions and Real Life Examples

Fractions are an essential concept in mathematics used to represent parts of a whole. They express a number that is not whole, breaking down values into smaller, equal parts. Here’s a breakdown of ...