Although population association studies are not new, there remain many areas of disagreement over appropriate statistical analyses. This article provides an overview of statistical methods, including ...

Method comparison studies and statistical agreement analysis are essential for evaluating and validating different measurement techniques across a variety of scientific and clinical disciplines. These ...

Precision oncology exploits genomic, immunologic, and other biomarkers to drive discovery, drug development, and clinical care for patients with cancer. Precision oncology helps devise individualized ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Framework maps of the human genome are an important staging post in the on-going effort to sequence the entire genome. The existence of high ...

(via TEDEd) In 2011, a group of researchers conducted a study designed to find an impossible result. Their study involved real people, truthfully reported data, and commonplace statistical analyses.

A new statistical method provides a more efficient way to uncover biologically meaningful changes in genomic data that span multiple conditions -- such as cell types or tissues. A new statistical ...

Scientists have developed a method to identify symmetries in multi-dimensional data using Bayesian statistical techniques. Bayesian statistics has been in the spotlight in recent years due to ...

An alternative statistical method honed and advanced by Cornell researchers can make clinical trials more reliable and trustworthy while also helping to remedy what has been called a "replicability ...

Brain mapping consists in finding the brain regions associated with different traits, such as diseases, cognitive functions, or behaviours, and is a major field of research in neuroscience. This ...