The federal government's monthly releases of economic statistics -- especially the inflation rate and growth as tracked by gross domestic product -- have long occasioned partisan preening (or ...

The last PIT Count, conducted in January 2024, estimated 6,615 unhoused people in Sacramento County. Compared to 2022, overall homelessness had dropped by 29%, and the number of people living outdoors ...

The mission of CNSTAT is to provide advice to the federal government and the nation grounded in the current best scientific knowledge and practice that will lead to improved statistical methods and ...

A century ago, two oddly domestic puzzles helped set the rules for what modern science treats as "real": a Guinness brewer charged with quality control and a British lady insisting she can taste ...

Many healthcare providers feel that UPIC audits often fall short, with flawed sampling and extrapolation techniques that dramatically exaggerate overpayment findings, exposing providers to undue ...

Abstract: This paper explores the optimization of the production process based on statistical sampling and integer linear programming. Initially, we designed a sampling inspection plan to help ...

A research team led by Prof. PAN Ding, Associate Professor from the Departments of Physics and Chemistry, and Dr. LI Shuo-Hui, Research Assistant Professor from the Department of Physics at the Hong ...

Purpose: To assess medical students’ needs regarding statistics education and inform potential reforms in medical statistics teaching. Method: A self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted ...

Within-individual sampling revealed differential effects of weekends on heart rate, which were obscured by aggregated sampling methods. Conclusions: This work highlights the leverage provided by ...