Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) is a pivotal statistical approach that enables researchers to uncover latent structures in complex datasets, a process that is increasingly integral to higher ...

Causal mediation analysis comprises a set of statistical techniques designed to disentangle the pathways through which an exposure or treatment exerts its effect on an outcome. By partitioning the ...

Statistical methods, as a technique, encompass a set of quantitative procedures for collecting, summarizing, modeling, and inferring properties of data under uncertainty. They include techniques for ...

Infectious diseases continue to pose significant challenges to public health systems worldwide, particularly in settings where resources, surveillance ...

Through tumor profiling and statistical analysis, precision oncology uses genomic and other biomarkers to drive discovery, drug development, and clinical care for patients with cancer. It intends to ...

Bench to bedside, the Center for Clinical and Translational Science (CCTS) seeks to improve well-being and health in communities across the Deep South through collaborative partnerships and scientific ...

An ad hoc panel of nationally renowned experts in social science research, computing technology, statistical methods, privacy, and use of alternative data sources in the United States and abroad will ...

A relatively simple statistical analysis method can more accurately predict the risk of landslides caused by heavy rain, according to a study coordinated by Brazilian researchers affiliated with the ...

The Statistical & Data Sciences (SDS) Program links faculty and students from across the college interested in learning things from data. At Smith, students learn statistics by doing—class time ...

Early in the COVID-19 pandemic, researchers flooded journals with studies about the then-novel coronavirus. Many publications streamlined the peer-review process for COVID-19 papers while keeping ...