With recent advances in sequencing, genotyping arrays, and imputation, GWAS now aim to identify associations with rare and uncommon genetic variants. Here, we describe and evaluate a class of ...

The books Lies, Damn Lies, and Statistics (Wheeler, 1976) and Damned Lies and Statistics (Best, 2001) have raised questions about whether statistics can be trusted. A number of educated people today, ...

In clinical cancer research, competing risks are frequently encountered. For example, individuals undergoing treatment for surgically resectable disease may experience recurrence near the removed ...

Statistical significance is a critical concept in data analysis and research. In essence, it’s a measure that allows researchers to assess whether the results of an experiment or study are due to ...

Ecology publishes articles that report on the basic elements of ecological research. Emphasis is placed on concise, clear articles documenting important ecological phenomena. The journal publishes a ...

Post-hoc testing is carried out after a statistical analysis where you have performed multiple significance tests, ‘post-hoc’ coming from the Latin “after this ...

Understanding some statistics is important for general science literacy. Below are some common statistics resources that may be useful for your project work. To support your professional development, ...