News tagged with statistical estimation techniques

Post-9/11 immigration enforcement lowered demand for undocumented workers

A recent study in the Journal of Policy Analysis and Management shows that as a result of a variety of interior enforcement initiatives implemented in 2002-2005, such as the ramping up of the Social Security no-match progra ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Apr 29, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0




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Discarded data may hold the key to a sharper view of molecules

(Phys.org) -- There's nothing like a new pair of eyeglasses to bring fine details into sharp relief. For scientists who study the large molecules of life from proteins to DNA, the equivalent of new lenses have come in the ...

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 24, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

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

Geophysicists employ novel method to identify sources of global sea level rise

As the Earth's climate warms, a melting ice sheet produces a distinct and highly non-uniform pattern of sea-level change, with sea level falling close to the melting ice sheet and rising progressively farther away. The pattern ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity 4.1 / 5 (8) | comments 54 | with audio podcast

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

Counting penguins from space

A new study using satellite mapping technology reveals there are twice as many emperor penguins in Antarctica than was previously thought. The results provide an important benchmark for monitoring the impact ...

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 13, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 9 | with audio podcast

New look at HD 10180 shows it might have nine planets

(Phys.org) -- Astronomer Mikko Tuomi of the University of Hertfordshire, has found after looking at data regarding the solar system surrounding the star HD 10180, that it likely has nine planets making it ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Apr 09, 2012 | popularity 4.3 / 5 (10) | comments 1 | with audio podcast report

Whales' signals reveal retreat from ill-fated oil rig

A technique that monitors whales through the sounds they emit has answered a key issue raised by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago this month.

Biology / Plants & Animals

created Apr 06, 2012 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Fire ant colonies seem to be down dramatically

The red imported fire ant, one of the most horrifying of the foreign species that have established themselves in the United States, appears to be in retreat.

Biology / Ecology

created Apr 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New tool developed to assess global freshwater stress

A new method to make better use of vast amounts of data related to global geography, population and climate may help determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change.

Space & Earth / Environment

created Mar 23, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Game on: Sports Analytics Conference produces a growing avalanche of quantitative research

Imagine if your hobby became your profession — or, indeed, if it started a whole new profession.

Other Sciences / Mathematics

created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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