This book, “Statistical Modeling and Computation,” provides a unique introduction to modern statistics from both classical and Bayesian perspectives. It also offers an integrated treatment of ...

Statistical models, both traditional and modern, rely on a set of assumptions that, if unmet, can lead to erroneous conclusions and misguided decision-making [1].

A statistical model is a formalization of relationships between variables in the form of mathematical equations. A statistical model describes how one or more random variables are related to one ...

Scientists have developed a drone-based counting method that corrected major errors in traditional wildlife surveys. Researchers from the University of Florida have created a more precise method for ...

Statistical modeling techniques that retailers and manufacturers use to find and target customers helped some prognosticators predict the outcome of this month’s U.S. elections with stunning ...

DBPM — Defensive Box Plus/Minus; A box score estimate of the defensive points per 100 possessions a player contributed above a league-average player, translated to an average team. BPM — Box ...

A U.S. Supreme Court decision expected to potentially change (or at least clarify) the rules on the hot-button issue of statistical modeling in class actions ended up turning much more on case law ...