Surprisingly, the history of statistics doesn’t go back very far. In the 17th century, British demographer John Graunt ...

The use of modern analytics in the evaluation of players and teams throughout baseball has created a situation with modern ...

After nearly a decade of fine-tuning, the industry still hasn’t figured out how to reach enough Donald Trump supporters.

Even in years where it is impossible to fake a 5 percent growth rate, China’s claims remain absurd. In the COVID year of 2020 ...

To tell the story you want with statistics, you don’t have to lie or fabricate data — though that happens, too. More often, ...

To tell the story you want with statistics, you don’t have to lie or fabricate data ... you can tell the story of your choosing. One COVID-era graph appeared to show that vaccines did not prevent ...

Not long ago, anyone could comb through a wide range of official data from China. Then it started to disappear. Land sales measures, foreign investment data and unemployment indicators have gone ...

The Trump administration has dismissed advisers to key statistical agencies behind major ... “It would be a bad sign for a software company to cancel all beta testing if you expect to keep ...

Demand is likely to grow It's not all bad news for those with strong technical chops. In late August, the Bureau of Labor Statistics forecast that demand for software developers, quality-assurance ...

We thank those who responded to our call for good and bad statistics these days in sports. Reader Randy DuVall of Virginia Beach says, “Baseball is rife with this stuff: launch angle ...

The most surprising misses were the ones at the rim, where he just seemed a little off. Bad games happen to every player, and Jokic just got in his own head last night. Despite the poor shooting ...