News tagged with statistics
Future medical conditions predicted with new statistical model
Analyzing medical records from thousands of patients, statisticians have devised a statistical model for predicting what other medical problems a patient might encounter.
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Finding fingerprints in sea level rise
It was used to help Apollo astronauts navigate in space, and has since been applied to problems as diverse as economics and weather forecasting, but Harvard scientists are now using a powerful statistical tool to not only ...
Space & Earth / Earth Sciences
May 18, 2012 |
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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.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 25, 2012 |
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Scientists develop new way to decipher hidden messages in symbols
(PhysOrg.com) -- Almost all information, in a sense, can be represented by symbols. In order to extract this embedded information, the symbols and the rules governing their sequence formation need to be deciphered. ...
Sep 27, 2010 |
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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
May 15, 2012 |
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Spurious switching points in traded stock dynamics
Physicists have rebuffed the existence of power laws governing the dynamics of traded stock volatility, volume and intertrade times at times of stock price extrema. They did this by demonstrating that what appeared as "switching ...
May 15, 2012 |
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Stock market model first to reproduce main properties of the real market
(PhysOrg.com) -- Since the early '90s, researchers have been developing simulations of financial markets with the goal to better understand market dynamics. While their models have improved since then to explain ...
Jul 14, 2010 |
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Over 65 million years North American mammal evolution has tracked with climate change
Climate changes profoundly influenced the rise and fall of six distinct, successive waves of mammal species diversity in North America over the last 65 million years, shows a novel statistical analysis led ...
Dec 26, 2011 |
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Physicists set strongest limit on mass of dark matter
Brown University physicists have set the strongest limit for the mass of dark matter, the mysterious particles believed to make up nearly a quarter of the universe. The researchers report in Physical Review Le ...
Nov 23, 2011 |
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Cybercrimes (via cell phones) up in 2011
Addicted as we are to our online life and our mobile devices, it's no surprise that a growing number of cyber-criminals are lurking out there with us.
May 16, 2012 |
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For highly educated women, families are an increasingly popular option
An increasing number of highly educated women are opting for families, according to a national study co-authored by a University at Buffalo economist.
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
May 15, 2012 |
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Researchers create first large-scale model of human mobility that incorporates human nature
For more than half a century, many social scientists and urban geographers interested in modeling the movement of people and goods between cities, states or countries have relied on a statistical formula called ...
Feb 27, 2012 |
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Quantum Communication in Random Networks
Internet, networks of connections between Hollywood actors, etc, are examples of complex networks, whose properties have been intensively studied in recent times. The small-world property (that everyone has ...
May 26, 2010 |
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Teens and alcohol study: After a few drinks, parenting style kicks in
Parents may be surprised, even disappointed, to find out they don't influence whether their teen tries alcohol.
Jun 24, 2010 |
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Using science to identify true soccer stars
(PhysOrg.com) -- As a young boy growing up in Portugal, Luis Amaral loved playing, watching and talking soccer. Amaral and his friends passionately debated about which players were "the best." But, it was ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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