Examination of the conflicting statistical methods currently used in scientific inference reveals an increasing awareness of the utility of likelihood. The concept of prior likelihood is introduced as ...

Method comparison studies and statistical agreement analysis are essential for evaluating and validating different measurement techniques across a variety of scientific and clinical disciplines. These ...

Papers in this series provide tutorials on statistical methods that are used in precision oncology, such as methods in discovery phase, diagnostics, and drug development. The goal of the series is to ...

A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data that span multiple conditions -- such as cell types or tissues. A new statistical ...

Various statistical forecasting methods exist designed for use with slow-moving products, new product introductions, stable mature products and products with erratic ...

In the 20th-century statistics wars, Bayesians were underdogs. Now their methods may help speed treatments to market.

Abstract: Assumptions play a pivotal role in the selection and efficacy of statistical models, as unmet assumptions can lead to flawed conclusions and impact decision ...

Rand Wilcox does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond their ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

Sports performance is a difficult thing to study. There are only so many trained athletes available for experiments, and most of the measurements required to investigate human performance are ...