News tagged with journal of applied statistics

Flexible schedule is key to keeping working moms on the job

Women who return to work after giving birth are more likely to stay on the job if they have greater control over their work schedules, according to a Baylor University study. Researchers also found that job security and the ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jun 21, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Study: Why the best soccer teams don't always win

(PhysOrg.com) -- A recent study, published in the October edition of the Journal of Applied Statistics, looked at soccer as being an experiment to determine which of two teams is superior, but their analys ...

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 3.2 / 5 (13) | comments 6 weblog




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New research suggests apes have human-like personalities

(Phys.org) -- For as long as people have coexisted with other animals, they have debated amongst themselves whether some animals have some of the same personality traits as humans or if it’s just anthropomorphism ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created May 28, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (11) | comments 23 | with audio podcast report

Talking works: UB professor develops method to analyze creative problem solving

(Phys.org) -- Talk -- if it's the right kind -- can increase creativity, leading students to create useful, new ideas that solve problems, a University at Buffalo professor has found by using a statistical tool that he invented.

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created May 25, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Psychologists examine how race affects juvenile sentencing

When it comes to holding children accountable for crimes they commit, race matters.

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created May 24, 2012 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 1

Geological record shows air up there came from below

(Phys.org) -- The influence of the ground beneath us on the air around us could be greater than scientists had previously thought, according to new research that links the long-ago proliferation of oxygen ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 23, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (7) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Ancient tree-ring records from southwest U.S. suggest today's megafires are truly unusual

Today’s mega forest fires of the southwestern U.S. are truly unusual and exceptional in the long-term record, suggests a new study that examined hundreds of years of ancient tree ring and fire data from ...

Space & Earth / Environment

created May 16, 2012 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 2

Statistical analysis projects future temperatures in North America

For the first time, researchers have been able to combine different climate models using spatial statistics - to project future seasonal temperature changes in regions across North America.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 15, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (21) | comments 50 | with audio podcast

New approach to 'spell checking' gene sequences

(Phys.org) -- A PhD student from CSIRO and the University of Queensland has found a better way to 'spell check' gene sequences and help biologists better understand the natural world.

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Stable isotopes provide “signature” for researchers to study animals

Researchers have many tools available in studying and observing mammals. One is quite small—the stable isotope. Exploring ecological questions through analysis of stable isotopes is a rapidly developing area of research.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created May 03, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research suggests initial mass function for galaxies not universal

(Phys.org) -- Over the past several years there has been debate in the astrophysics community regarding the distribution of stars in galaxies, specifically their mass range. Astronomers use an initial mass ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 26, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2 | with audio podcast report

Compressed sensing allows super-resolution microscopy imaging of live cell structures

(Phys.org) -- Researchers from the Georgia Institute of Technology and University of California San Francisco have advanced scientists’ ability to view a clear picture of a single cellular structure in ...

Nanotechnology / Nanophysics

created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast


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