All of the captive kea were given the opportunity to participate in the sampling task, but not all of them were interested. (Credit: Amalia Bastos.) Those remarkable kea are at it again: now the ...

A new study reveals that giraffes can use statistical inferences to predict the likelihood of receiving carrot slices rather than zucchini slices, Phys.org reports. According to researchers, this ...

Causal inference is important in medical research to help determine if treatments are beneficial and if natural exposures are harmful. In many settings, data collection makes causal inference ...

Efficient decision-making about the cause of noisy or ambiguous observations requires the accumulation of multiple pieces of evidence to form accurate beliefs 1,2, a process typically referred to as ...

Eleanor has an undergraduate degree in zoology from the University of Reading and a master’s in wildlife documentary production from the University of Salford.View full profile Eleanor has an ...

Statistical inference in linear models centres on estimating relationships between a response variable and one or more predictors under the assumption that these relationships can be expressed as a ...

Humans make decisions using statistical information every day. Imagine you're selecting a packet of jellybeans. If you prefer red jellybeans, you will probably try to find a packet that shows the most ...

In the 21st century, artificial intelligence (AI) has emerged as a valuable approach in data science and a growing influence in medical research, 4-6 with an accelerating pace of innovation. This ...