If you’ve ever scrolled through the depths of informational social media news outlets like Facebook, Reddit, or Twitter, you’ve likely come across attractive statistics that seem to reinforce what we ...

Statistical significance is a critical concept in data analysis and research. In essence, it’s a measure that allows researchers to assess whether the results of an experiment or study are due to ...

In most applications, regression models are merely useful approximations. Reality is often so complicated that you cannot know what the true model is. You may have to choose a model more on the basis ...

In 2002, Holmberg and colleagues presented interim results from a large, randomized trial comparing radical prostatectomy to watchful waiting for the treatment of localized prostate cancer. 1 The ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. For both those within the autonomous car industry and those ...

You hear a lot of heated claims and baseless generalities these days about what’s wrong with the news media. What’s seldom heard is what the underlying data indicate about true problem areas and where ...