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The article discusses the effect of plagiarism on statistical data, with a focus on the distortion of numerical or narrative data or description through the removal of information regarding the original context and source. Topics include the potential for plagiarism to influence statistical inferences and conclusions made about the work, examples of plagiarism committed by statistician Edward Wegman in several reports on climate change, and an analysis of organizational psychologist Karl Weick's recounting of a story by poet Miroslav Holub.

The author offers opinions on communication in science. It is stated that much confusion could be eliminated if the adjective "significant" was not applied to statistics compiled during research, since the adjective's implication that it means important makes it too imprecise for scientific communication.

The article discusses statistics, which is a branch of applied mathematics that seeks to draw inferences from limited, incomplete, or imperfect data. The focus of the article is the various ways in which statisticians can reuse data to quantify the uncertainty of complex models. An overview of statistics is presented which includes a discussion on how statistical inference is used to estimate a given parameter, or to test a hypothesis related to them, and various origin myths of probability distributions, such as the origin of the Gaussian bell curve. Also discussed are fitting models, in which statisticians record a lot of data and fit it into an appropriate model, and bootstrapping, which approximates a sampling distribution with three sources of approximation errors.

The article discusses decision making, examining the mathematical principals involved with gambling, dice, and selecting the best time to start and stop. Researchers Fischer Black and Myron Scholes pioneered a formula for valuing stock options called the Black-Scholes formula. Other topics include the use of statistical sequential analysis to aid military and industrial decision makers during wartime and the use of measure theory to handle random phenomena in science. Also discussed is deciding how to maximize reward or minimize cost.

The article discusses the use of three statistical strategies, replicating, blocking and modeling, to improve accuracy and accelerate progress. It was learned that replication decreases the effect of chance variation, thereby improving accuracy, efficiency and repeatability. In number game, achieving accuracy by replication comes at a severe cost. Blocking is a method of experimental design that reduces the effects of chance errors. Modeling to gain accuracy is less familiar to practicing scientists. Modeling improves experimental accuracy more than blocking. Replication result to diminishing returns.

Focuses on the statistical methods Ockham's razor and Bayesian analysis. Connection between Bayesian statistics and Ockham's razor in the work of Harold Jeffreys; Probability concept in Bayesian analysis; Key idea linking Bayesian analysis to Ockham's razor.

Presents a letter to the editor on statistical analysis and objectivity.

Introduces the debate in statistical analysis between the subjectivists, or Bayesians, and the nonsubjectivists. Two situations where differences in interpretation arise; Testing of a precise hypothesis; Standard statistical approach; Bayesian approach; Analysis of accumulating data; Role of subjectivity. INSET: Calculating the Final Probability of H..

Presents several letters addressed to the editor of 'American Science.' Features of neural networks which make them ideal for statistical analysis; Studies on the impact of ordinary solar system debris on the Earth.

This article presents statistics about the magazine in honor of its 100-year anniversary on topics including the number of copies sold of the bestselling July-August 2006 issue, the total number of editorial staff, and the first appearance of words such as computer, epigenetics, and nanotechnology.

This article discusses strategies for indicating the results of an experiment that produced set-based data. An unsuccessful presentation that confuses readers by listing statistics within a Venn diagram but failing to indicate the interrelationship between those statistics is presented. Alternative approaches include a table indicating the comparative effectiveness of different sections of the diagram and a bar graph whose categories were defined by a decision tree.

Presents a letter to the editor in response to the article "Statistical Analysis and the Illusion of Objectivity," by James O. Berger and Donald A. Berry published in the March-April 1988 issue of journal "American Scientist".

Presents a letter to the editor about statistics.