April 12, 2007 Robust statistical analysis methods capable of dealing with large complex data sets are required more than ever before in almost all branches of science. The European Science Foundation ...

Information on Earth's biodiversity is increasingly collected using DNA-, image- and audio-based sampling. At the same time, ...

Root-cause analysis is core to problem-solving across many fields. From hospitals searching for patient safety issues to ...

Analysis of variance (ANOVA) is a statistical analysis tool that separates total variability found within a data set into two components: random and systematic factors.

A variety of statistical tools can detect potential breaches in the integrity of elections. These techniques draw on tools from many fields, including pure mathematics, statistics, and machine ...

The search for life beyond our planet continues, and one of the most underappreciated tools in an astrobiologist's toolkit is statistics. While it might not be as glamorous as directly imaging a ...

When you use the statistical analysis features in Excel, you are leveraging one of the most powerful tools available for data manipulation and interpretation. Excel is not just a spreadsheet ...

A year or two ago, it looked like statistical timing analysis might be the next great new thing in IC design. Now it's less clear–and a debate at the recent International Symposium on Physical Design ...