In psychology and cognitive science, confirmation bias (or confirmatory bias) is a tendency to search for or interpret information in a way that confirms one's preconceptions, leading to ...

Selection bias is a misinterpretation of the odds, resulting in poor management strategies. For example, the probability of becoming famous, according to mathematician Samuel Arbesman is about ...

Let's talk about selection bias and how it applies to recent economic data. Selection bias is the phenomenon of potentially erroneous sampling. Yesterday, retail "same store sales" (( SSS ...

If the NHL cellar-dwelling Columbus Blue Jackets want to turn things around, they might look at drafting young Canadians. Three psychology professors have discovered that a hockey player's month ...

Perhaps you saw the headlines this weekend: "Sexting: Just About Everyone's Doing It," from Discovery News, or "Online survey finds 8 in 10 adults have engaged in sexting," from CNN. Wow - that's ...