National Institute of Statistical Sciences in the news https://phys.org/ en-us Latest news from National Institute of Statistical Sciences Young and Karr propose ways to improve how observational studies are conducted S. Stanley Young, assistant director for bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences (NISS), and Alan Karr, director at NISS, have published a non-technical article in the September issue of Significance magazine pointing out that medical and other observational studies often produce results that are later shown to be incorrect, and—invoking a quality control perspective—suggest ways to fix the system. https://phys.org/news/2011-08-young-karr-ways.html Mathematics Thu, 25 Aug 2011 13:00:44 EDT news233495999 JAMA article contends earlier study overstated validity of findings on bisphenol A In a letter to be published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), Dr. S. Stanley Young, Assistant Director of Bioinformatics at the National Institute of Statistical Sciences, and Ming Yu, University of British Columbia, highlight the statistical limitations of a study claiming that bisphenol A is associated with cardiovascular diagnoses, diabetes and abnormal blood level liver enzyme levels. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2009-02-jama-article-contends-earlier-overstated.html Medical research Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:42:29 EST news154201320 Will eating certain cereal result in male babies? Could eating cereal really make it more likely for someone to have a boy baby than a girl baby? Researchers wrote a paper, "Cereal-Induced Gender Selection? Most Likely a Multiple Testing False Positive," that will be published in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B refuting such a notion. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2009-01-cereal-result-male-babies.html Medical research Wed, 14 Jan 2009 07:34:11 EST news151140851