Posts Tagged ‘statistics’
Ranked-choice voting: Does the math add up?
STANFORD (US) — “Instant runoff” voting, in which voters rank candidates in order of preference, is an increasingly popular alternative to voting for only one candidate in each race, but there’s disagreement about the validity of the results. Continue…
Wednesday, November 9, 2011 11:55 - 4 Comments
Science & Technology - Oct 11, 2011 11:25 - 1 Comment
‘Hot hands’ keep athletes on win streak
YALE (US) — Athletes on a winning streak are likely to stay on one, according to new evidence that supports the “hot hand” phenomenon. (more…)
Science & Technology - Feb 11, 2011 16:52 - 2 Comments
Mining knowledge begets knowledge
U. CHICAGO (US) — The Internet no longer simply disseminates knowledge—it now has the potential to shape research through the expansion of metaknowledge—the study of knowledge itself. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 27, 2010 17:22 - 1 Comment
Almost half of injured Haitians are children
USC (US)—Victims of the Jan. 12 quake in Haiti include an extraordinarily high number of children—more than 110,000, nearly half of the estimated total—according to a statistical study. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Jan 13, 2010 16:19 - 0 Comments
Future Forests: Beyond 2200
U. ILLINOIS—The composition of some U.S. forests might be quite different 200 to 400 years from today, a new study suggests. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Jan 7, 2010 12:45 - 6 Comments
Education level a factor in autism clusters
UC DAVIS—Researchers have identified 10 locations in California where the incidence of autism is higher than surrounding areas in the same region. Most of the areas, or clusters, are in locations where parents have higher-than-average levels of education. (more…)
Earth & Environment - Oct 23, 2009 11:41 - 0 Comments
Predicting power outages before the storm
JOHNS HOPKINS/TEXAS A&M (US)—Using data from Hurricane Katrina and four other storms, researchers have created new computer models to help utilities better forecast hurricane-caused power outages in advance. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 12, 2009 19:29 - 1 Comment
Toddlers follow their own grammar rules
TEXAS-AUSTIN (US)—Using advanced computer modeling and statistical analysis, a linguistics professor has found that toddlers develop their own individual structures for using language that are very different from what we traditionally think of as grammar. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 7, 2009 10:34 - 0 Comments
Stressed out, dude? Don’t go to Vegas.
“Men seem to enter more risky financial situations than women, which was part of the impetus for our study,” says Nichole Lighthall, the study’s lead author. “But only in the stressed condition did we see any statistical differences in risky behavior between men and women.”
Health & Medicine - Apr 20, 2009 16:04 - 0 Comments
Mexico says adiós to high health care costs
PRINCETON (US)—A program created to provide health care to 50 million Mexicans has been shown effective at reducing catastrophic costs, according to the largest health policy study of its kind. The success of Seguro Popular, which covers about as many people as are uninsured in America, could provide lessons for other countries, according to the study authors. (more…)
