Figure 1: Measuring fit of the Ricker model. There is extremely strong statistical evidence that the Nicholson blowfly fluctuations are limit cycles perturbed by noise. They are not the result of ...

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 ...

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-making. In both traditional ...

Evolutionary divergence of humans and chimpanzees likely occurred some 8 million years ago rather than the 5 million year estimate widely accepted by scientists, a new statistical model suggests.

A prologue on science and statistics focuses attention on the role of statistics in science. Statisticians must be trained as scientists and to meet the needs of science. Those needs surely involve ...

In its original form, Gibbs-Boltzmann statistical mechanics cannot describe “active matter,” such as living, driven, or self-propelled systems. Contemporary models of swarming and flocking behaviors, ...

Some of the models used to forecast everything from financial trends to animal populations in an ecosystem are incorrect, ...

A new ranking methodology places Barry Bonds over Babe Ruth as the game’s best player ever. Statisticians, at least, are cheering. By Alexander Nazaryan Every sport has its arguments over which player ...