Vast amounts of data are generated every day. Statistics transforms data into meaningful information. People who practice the science of learning from data are called statisticians. Statisticians ...

Let’s start with a definition of Applied Statistics: Applied Statistics is the root of data analysis. The practice of applied statistics involves analyzing data to help define and determine an ...

September’s employment report is expected to be the first major release after the shutdown, as that data was already collected before it began. The release of other key metrics on inflation and ...

Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on markets, finance and the economy. Imagine living in a country where you can’t trust the government’s numbers. I don’t have to imagine it. I spent time ...