During his Ph.D. research, mathematician Tyron Lardy worked on a new approach to hypothesis testing. Instead of the traditional p-value, he uses so-called e-values. These turn out to be more ...

At times we wish to examine statistical evidence, and determine whether it supports or contradicts a claim that has been made (or that we might wish to make) concerning the entire population. This is ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

In the realm of technical product development, hypothesis testing acts as a bridge between design, data and decision-making. It enables teams to move beyond assumptions and validate their ideas ...

Neuroscientists would need to know and publish whether a manipulation does not have an effect as much as whether it does. One may use drugs to block a candidate pathway. If the drug has an effect, ...

Distinguishing between various possibilities is fundamental to the scientific method and the process of discovery and categorization. As such, mathematical methods underlying distinguishability have ...