Understanding what a ‘control’ is can help you decide for yourself how insightful new studies are.

Many people in the U.S. believe that their statistical knowledge is limited, but they would rely on statistics for decision-making more if they understood statistics better, according to a new study l...

Amid growing recognition of the role statistical literacy plays in informed decision-making, we examined self-reported statistical literacy and willingness to apply statistical reasoning in everyday c...

Statisticians can apply their trade anywhere it’s needed, bringing benefits to friends, family and the wider world. Find out how one statistician and father used his training to help improve...

Researchers design studies that might disprove what’s called their null hypothesis – the opposite of the claim they’re interested in exploring.

Dr. Mark Ramos will examine the conventional view that positive publication bias, favoring statistically significant findings, is inherently detrimental to research quality

Trump’s definitive statements that Tylenol use during pregnancy causes autism suggest certainty that the science does not support.

Positive publication bias is the tendency to favor studies that reject null hypotheses for publication and is widely regarded as detrimental to research enterprise quality. However, this view overs...

We are delighted to reveal the three finalists of the 2025 Statistical Excellence Award for Early-Career Writing. Launched earlier this year, the competition attracted entries from across the world, w...

Abstract. Different methods for describing health disparities in the distributions of continuous measured health-related variables among groups provide mor

Informing the selection of a performance criterion for discrete trial training has been the subject of a growing body of empirical research, but an explicit framework has not yet been established. Thi...

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