MIT researchers have developed a method that generates more accurate uncertainty measures for certain types of estimation.

In recent years, large-scale RNA interference (RNAi) libraries that are designed to target complete genomes have been produced for multiple organisms. When arrayed in 96- or 384-well microplates, with ...

Through tumor profiling and statistical analysis, precision oncology uses genomic and other biomarkers to drive discovery, drug development, and clinical care for patients with cancer. It intends to ...

Health researchers need to fully understand the underlying assumptions to uncover cause and effect. Timothy Feeney and Paul Zivich explain Physicians ask, answer, and interpret myriad causal questions ...

An interdisciplinary team of University of Tennessee, Knoxville researchers recently published in Biophysical Journal on their development of a new statistical method that improves analysis in ...

Misuse of statistics in medical and sports science research is common and may lead to detrimental consequences to healthcare. Many authors, editors and peer reviewers of medical papers will not have ...

Methods to help understand how people differ in their response to treatment: People may respond differently to treatments - for some they may be effective, but for others less so. This might be due to ...

The Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) is pleased to announce the latest recipients of CCTS Statistical and Analytic Methods Development support. This competitive program is designed ...

This special report introduces small area estimation as a modern approach for producing reliable, stand-level forest ...