It's said that statistics don't lie, but they often don't tell the whole truth, either. A Cornell statistics expert has come up with a method he believes can boost statistical power and significantly ...

The central limit theorem started as a bar trick for 18th-century gamblers. Now scientists rely on it every day.

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It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of ...

Students had to compile a portfolio and discuss it in an interview to demonstrate their understanding and ability to apply the knowledge.

PROF. RIETZ aims at explaining the mathematical theory underlying modern statistical analysis, and in particular to correct misleading impressions as to the place and importance of probability theory.