Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you're selecting a packet of jellybeans. If you prefer red jellybeans, you will probably try to find a packet that shows the most ...

Healthcare policy is increasingly justified through the language of numbers, yet numerical precision does not guarantee sound reasoning. Some of the most damaging public health controversies, from ...

Geometric reasoning has an inherent dissonance: its abstract axioms and propositions refer to perfect, idealized entities, whereas its use in the physical world relies on dynamic perception of objects ...

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An international consortium of statisticians, lawyers and forensic scientists is drawing up guidelines for the use of statistics in court Misuse of statistics is a blight on the law. Verdicts have ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Bernard Dupont / Flickr Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you’re selecting a packet of ...