Null hypothesis vs. hypothesis, which is the right choice? When you get into the different methods of analyzing data, there is no shortage of tools at your disposal. Understanding the difference ...

Hypothesis testing allows for testing an idea regarding a parameter of interest in a particular population set, using information that has been measured in a sample set.

In this adapted excerpt from his new book “Doctored: Fraud, Arrogance, and Tragedy in the Quest to Cure Alzheimer’s,” Charles Piller looks how the amyloid hypothesis took over Alzheimer’s ...

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 ...

Engineers have developed AI frameworks to identify evidence-driven hypotheses that could advance biologically inspired materials.

Why some researchers are rethinking the "grandmother hypothesis" of menopause Humans are one of the only species thought to enter menopause. New research is shaking up theories as to why ...

Imagine a researcher with a groundbreaking hypothesis, but the journey from validation to publication can be long and arduous, often taking months or even years. The traditional research cycle ...

The ethics of Riemann hypothesis research Because of the implicationsthat the Riemann hypothesis could have on our understanding of the distribution of prime numbers, especially large prime numbers, ...

The amyloid hypothesis holds that sticky plaques and other so-called amyloid-beta proteins build up in the brain and prompt changes that cause Alzheimer’s disease’s cruel decline, gradually ...