Amid a surge in murderous gun violence in Milwaukee, the Republican-controlled Wisconsin Senate voted to repeal a state law that requires a two-day wait for handgun purchases. Just before the April 21 ...

Consider using a likelihood ratio to measure the strength of statistical evidence for one hypothesis over another. Recent work has shown that when the model is correctly specified, the likelihood ...

Professor Simone Ferriani, professor of entrepreneurship at Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), and academics from the University of Bologna examined airline industry networks, and found that ...

As we continue to cope with COVID-19 uncertainty, social media is abuzz with numerous recommendations seeking to influence people's attitudes about the situation and how they respond to it. Should ...

A recently published statistical analysis of homicide rates in New York City finds strong support for the hypothesis that de-policing resulting from the George Floyd protests caused the 2020 homicide ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Statistical inference in psychology has traditionally relied heavily on p-value significance testing. This approach to drawing conclusions ...

As we continue to cope with COVID-19 uncertainty, social media is abuzz with numerous recommendations seeking to influence people's attitudes about the situation and how they respond to it. Should ...

The most important statement in the Justice Department’s damning report on the Chicago Police Department has nothing to do with police behavior. Released on Friday, the report found the Chicago police ...

In this chapter preview from Pathways to Freedom: Political and Economic Lessons from Democratic Transitions, Jan Teorell evaluates a range of political, economic, and social factors in light of the ...