Mark Twain wrote, "There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." This phrase is often taken to mean that statistics are another form of lying. Not so, says Aaron Fisher, a ...

When it comes to deciding how significant a statistic is, Université de Montréal education professor Sébastien Béland is clear: "Our goal is to change practices in order to improve quality in the ...

One thing that people often misunderstand about statistics is that every statistic means something only in comparison to something else. A different comparison point changes how you perceive the exact ...

Since the retirement of the Psychology and Statistics teacher Dianne Chrisman, there have been many changes to these classes ...