Statistics influence nearly everything. That is, the information and context derived from statistical analysis help to shape important decisions that have local, national, and global impacts. For ...

There are many examples of statistics and science disproving our strongly held beliefs, including the once-very-common belief that the earth was at the center of the universe. In general, we can get ...

2012 WAS A good year for numbers in American presidential politics, but it also highlighted a collective squeamishness about statistics. By mid-October, New York Times number-cruncher Nate Silver ...