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What is Parameter Estimation Problem?
1+ hour, 33+ min ago (194+ words) How We Use Math to Find the Truth in Data? Have you ever tried to guess something about a large group of people based on sample sample? Perhaps guessing the "...
How Statistics Become Propaganda
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (30+ words) Yahoo Aaron Brown discusses how research gets distorted, why sensational claims spread so quickly, and how to think more critically about the numbers behind the headlines....
Life defies the second law of thermodynamics
1+ day, 6+ hour ago (56+ words) Language, Logic, and the Limits of Formalization Chaos is the study of complex nonlinear dynamic systems. But if our subject is complexity, then why spend time explaining chaos? . Dynamical Systems and Strange Attractors Get unlimited access to insights from the…...
Claude: global monthly active users 2026
2+ day, 4+ hour ago (72+ words) January 2025 to June 2026 No figures available for the missing months." Claude is Anthropic's AI assistant which has been commanding a steady monthly active user demographic in 2025. Number of monthly active users of Kakao Talk in South Korea 2015-2026 Monthly active users…...
Deceiving with statistics
2+ day, 19+ hour ago (285+ words) The Alaska coastline is indeed a vast wilderness, but it is comprised mostly of rock, snow, and ice, and will not be habitat for man or beast for thousands of years. To include it in calculations of wilderness acres is…...
Statistics Day 2026: Theme, History, Significance, Objectives, P. C. Mahalanobi
3+ day, 10+ hour ago (346+ words) Statistics Day 2026 is observed on 29 June with the theme "Unlocking the Potential of Administrative Data." Learn its history, significance, objectives, Prof. P. C. Mahalanobis' contributions, India's statistical system, and UPSC relevance. Statistics Day 2026 is being observed across India on 29 June 2026, marking the…...
2026 Pittsburgh Penguins Science at Play
5+ day, 17+ hour ago (307+ words) PPG and the Pittsburgh Penguins Foundation are hosting our sixth annual Science at Play event on Tuesday, July 14th at PPG Paints Arena. We would love to have any group from join us on the arena floor for this year's Science…...
Statistics Day
5+ day, 21+ hour ago (24+ words) thehawk. in Time to transform statistical system with advanced technological tools: Minister "Statistics Day' to celebrate 75 years of National Sample Survey...
Randomness Testing with Bayesian Stats " Less Wrong
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (802+ words) If Bayesian stats is so great, it should be able to do everything that ordinary stats can do. Indeed, as a fan of Bayesian stats, I have not made much of an attempt to learn normal stats with its p-values…...
College Observatories Remain Essential (opinion)
6+ day, 9+ hour ago (114+ words) In an era of big data and big telescopes, college observatories remain essential. Astronomy is entering an era of billion-dollar telescopes and massive data pipelines. But as the field scales up, something essential risks being lost: the hands-on experience of…...