In the previous installment on evaluating scientific models hinted that one standard of evaluation is the degree to which they are broadly applicable in explaining natural phenomena. As mentioned in ...

In this special guest feature, Chad Reid, VP of marketing and communications at Jotform, argues that data visualization remains one of the best tools you can use to highlight relevant information for ...

In recent weeks, I have been promoting the idea that one goal of journalists — and other public writers — during the pandemic and recession is “civic clarity.” This can only be achieved when reporters ...

Recently, we've heard of some big changes at several news organizations involving some of their most prominent journalists. At the Washington Post, the founder of the popular policy site Wonkblog, ...

Randomized trials have traditionally been broadly categorized as either an effectiveness trial or an efficacy trial, although we prefer the terms “pragmatic” and “explanatory.” Schwartz and Lellouch ...

The goal of “How to Build a Life” is fairly simple: to bring the world of academic social-science research to a wide audience, using my academic training to translate sometimes-esoteric scholarship ...

Linear regression is a powerful and long-established statistical tool that is commonly used across applied sciences, economics and many other fields. Linear regression considers the relationship ...

Cognitive science has increasingly focused on the mechanisms underpinning how humans generate, evaluate and update explanations. Explanatory reasoning—central to learning and inference—involves the ...

A 46-year-old male client says that he feels a sense of discomfort and disconnection with some of his close friends. “Many of our conversations end with these friends quoting something they read on AI ...