One thing that people often misunderstand about statistics is that every statistic means something only in comparison to something else. A different comparison point changes how you perceive the exact ...

People talk about lying with statistics all the time. People talk about lies, damn lies, and statistics. All this talk makes it so that many people distrust statistics simply out of the gate. As ...

Poor understanding of statistics causes many to view numbers cynically. And news reports of confusing, seemingly contradictory figures worsen the problem. Jessica Utts, a UC Davis statistics professor ...

Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

Failure to complete high school has been recognized as a social problem in the United States for decades and, as discussed below, the individual and social costs of dropping out are considerable.

As 2013 ended, the International Year of Statistics drew to a close, but the buzz of statistics and data continues to flood the news like never before. From controversies over national security ...

We will begin by examining eye colour, a type of categorical data. In a group of 100 boys, let's say 25 of them had blue eyes. If we had a group of 200 girls, assuming the proportions were identical, ...

Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for people ignoring simple solutions to statistical problems, making them hard to solve. This can have serious ...

Understanding the basics of statistics can be quite challenging. One of the problems with statistical analysis is the manner in which it is presented, which is often rather disjointed. This series of ...