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How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science
The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness brewery. Here’s how it works
How the Guinness Brewery Invented the Most Important Statistical Method in Science
The most common test of statistical significance originated from the Guinness brewery. Here’s how it works
Can Scientific Thinking Save the World?
A physicist, a philosopher and a psychologist are working together to bring better, smarter decision-making to the masses
Mathematician Who Tamed Randomness Wins Abel Prize
Michel Talagrand innovative work has allowed others to tackle problems involving random processes
Scientists Destroy Illusion That Coin Toss Flips Are 50–50
Researchers go to great lengths to prove a tiny bias in coin flipping
Bad Science and Bad Statistics in the Courtroom Convict Innocent People
Science, statistics and expert testimony are crucial in securing justice. But their dubious applications in the courtroom can send innocent people to jail
How Warren Buffett Rigged a Dice Game with Bill Gates
Weird math can explain why Warren Buffett had the advantage in a dice game against Bill Gates
What This Graph of a Dinosaur Can Teach Us about Doing Better Science
“Anscombe’s quartet” and the “datasaurus dozen” demonstrate the importance of visualizing data
The U.S. Undercounts Climate-Driven Deaths
The full death toll from extreme heat waves, hurricanes and other climate-related disasters often isn’t revealed until weeks, months or even years after an event occurs
Statistics Are Being Abused, but Mathematicians Are Fighting Back
An expert explains how numbers can mislead and what she’s doing to help people understand them better
How Florence Nightingale Changed Data Visualization Forever
The celebrated nurse improved public health through her groundbreaking use of graphic storytelling