Penn State's Mark Louie Ramos on what a national survey found about statistical literacy, and why understanding it has more to do with reasoning than with math. EDITED BY MARK MIANO | SEPTEMBER 11, ...

Unfavorable methods of teaching statistics in schools and universities may be to blame for people ignoring simple solutions to statistical problems, making them hard to solve. This can have serious ...

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 ...

From the daily weather forecast to a baseball player's batting average to an individual's risk of developing lung cancer, ...

A new study has investigated whether challenges faced by educators in teaching statistics could be reduced by changing how it ...

Poor understanding of statistics causes many to view numbers cynically. And news reports of confusing, seemingly contradictory figures worsen the problem. Jessica Utts, a UC Davis statistics professor ...

Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

Basic statistical literacy is important for communicating and understanding medical risks. Janet Ramsden An article published in the British Medical Journal (BMJ) today says a US charity “overstates ...

In the statistics minor, you'll study the basic principles of statistics and probability and learn standard techniques for analyzing and reasoning with data. A foundation in calculus provides the base ...