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The article discusses the 2013 Wimbledon tennis tournament, with information on the average number of unforced errors per player, official scoring practices by Wimbledon scorers, and comments on errors by tennis players Novak Djokovic and Agnieszka Radwanska.

The author discusses the potential influence of 2013 economic forecasts from the U.S. Congressional Budget Office on the acceptance of proposed immigration reform legislation, reporting that some economists question the accuracy of the long-term economic forecasts.

The article considers the record at the age of 28 in National Basketball Association (NBA) playoff games of NBA player LeBron James relative to those of rival Kobe Bryant and former NBA player Michael Jordan at similar stages of their careers.

The author notes that media-advocacy groups Reporters Without Borders and the Committee to Protect Journalists both rank Turkey as the world leader in terms of the number of journalists it has jailed, and discusses why that figure is not necessarily a good indicator of a country's media freedom. INSET: Oppressing the Press.

The article presents sports news on the scheduling of top tennis players such as Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, and Roger Federer at the 2013 Wimbledon tournament in England and the announcement that golfer Tiger Woods would miss the AT&T National charity tournament in Maryland due to elbow strain.

The article analyzes the efficiency of the U.S. National Security Agency's (NSA) program to collect metadata from personal electronic communications, with information on the percentage of innocent civilians whose privacy is violated in the aim of combating terrorism.

The article notes the role of the U.S. Census Bureau in providing data that Congress uses to develop and create budgets for programs, and discusses the varied responsibilities of the Bureau's top executive, a position U.S. President Barack Obama chose John H. Thompson to fill in 2013.

The article discusses shortcomings in the ratings and classifications systems used in the U.S. to evaluate the condition of bridges, and explains why these systems are not a very reliable guide to the probability that a bridge might fail.

The article looks at mental illness in children, reporting on a 2013 study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on rates of conditions including attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), depression, and autism in U.S. children and discussing its statistical complexities.

The article discusses how Kenneth Feinberg, the administrator of a fund set up to compensate victims of the April 2013 bomb attacks at the Boston Marathon road race in Massachusetts, has chosen a simplified approach to disbursements aimed at getting cash as quickly as possible to recipients.

The article notes the value to gay-rights advocates, demographers, and others of accurate figures on the incidence of divorce among same-sex married couples, and discusses impediments to both effecting such divorces and compiling accurate data on them.

The article discusses the difficulty economists have in determining the precise economic costs to both Boston, Massachusetts and the U.S. of the April 15, 2013 bomb attack on the Boston Marathon road race, with commentary presented on differences among economists over how to tally the costs of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in the U.S.

The article discusses an error found in research by economists Kenneth Rogoff and Carmen Reinhart on the connection between large levels of government debt and economic growth, as well as certain aspects of macroeconomic research that make establishing cause-and-effect relationships difficult.

The article discusses the complexity of using body mass index (BMI) to evaluate a population's risk for obesity-related diseases by considering the case of Samoa, whose residents have high BMIs but are at reduced risk for high blood pressure and high blood sugar.

The article discusses efforts to determine how much piracy is costing the U.S. motion picture industry, with commentary presented about a study commissioned by the industry that put losses at $6.1 billion, and research by academics Michael D. Smith and Brett Danaher that estimated a much lower figure.

The article discusses a 2010 pledge by 16 food and beverage companies in the U.S. to eliminate 1.5 trillion calories from the products they sell by the year 2015, with commentary presented on efforts to track progress on the pledge, and what the pledge means for the typical consumer's diet.

The article reports that data on U.S. gun ownership levels as of 2013 is inconsistent, citing sources including the General Social Survey (GSS), Pew Research polls, and Gallup polls and noting the use of the data by the organization National Rifle Association (NRA).

The article discusses how the "World's 50 Best Restaurants" list is compiled, with a particular emphasis on biases among the over-90 judges and other factors give some restaurants and advantage over other.

The article discusses research on the effects of early childhood education in the U.S., with information on expanded preschool programs, the return on investment for government-funded preschool education, and the economic aspects of universal public preschool programs.

The article discusses the popularity among U.S. high-school and college students of courses in statistics, with details presented about a sharp increase in the number of students taking the Advanced Placement examination for statistics, job opportunities for statisticians, and factors driving the demand for people with statistics training.

The article discusses the Academy Awards (the Oscars) for motion pictures to be held February 24, 2013, offering predictions for winning films, including "Argo," directed by Ben Affleck, "Lincoln," directed by Steven Spielberg with actor Daniel Day-Lewis and "Life of Pi," directed by Ang Lee.

The article notes that Pope Benedict XVI cited the frailties of age when announcing his resignation in February, 2013, and discusses life expectancy and the role age-related considerations play among voters or those who appoint people to important positions.

The article covers comments from American soccer player Eddie Johnson comparing fans at soccer games in the U.S. and Europe and also notes the retirement of wheelchair-tennis player Esther Vergeer.

The article discusses factors that call into question the accuracy of statistics that purport to show how the cost of living varies among major global cities including the relatively small size of data samples used and differences between official and unofficial exchange rates.

The article discusses ambiguous data in the U.S. about the impact of traffic cameras placed at busy intersections, with some figures showing they reduce the incidence of severe accidents, while others indicate a rise in the overall number of accidents where cameras have been deployed.

The article discusses factors that affect the accuracy of battery-power indicators on smartphones, and discusses what weather-forecasting Website weather.com is doing to correct a bias inherent in icons that indicate the likelihood of rain.

The article discusses the Pyongyang Summer Institute in Survey Science and Quantitative Methodology, an initiative in North Korea aimed at teaching university students there statistics-related topics such as probability, survey methodology, and correlation,

The article discusses ways of measuring obesity, focusing on the Body Mass Index (BMI) and noting an article in the periodical "Journal of the American Medical Association" ("JAMA") that found that overweight patients according to BMI were likely to live longer than others.

The article covers a study by mathematician and social psychology researcher Kimmo Eriksson in which he presented individuals with graduate degrees two abstracts and found that one featuring an irrelevant mathematical equation was often given high quality ratings based on the equation's inclusion.

This article discusses the anticipated increase in the importance of statistical analysis in 2013 in both corporate and private settings, highlighting the phenomenon of regression to the mean, the significance of context for statistical figures, and the likelihood of improbable statistical facts.

The article discusses the improved play of the National Basketball Association's (NBA's) Los Angeles Clippers, with particular attention given to an increase in the team's average margin of victory over two consecutive NBA seasons.

The article discusses a lack of consensus in the U.S. on whether gun-control laws reduce the incidence of gun crime, with some researchers saying there are not enough reliable data from which conclusions can be drawn. INSET: Guns in America.

The article discusses the difficulties involved in identifying population trends in the U.S., as evidenced by seemingly conflicting reports issued in 2012 that say the U.S. birth rate has reached a record low, but the fertility rate has not.

The article discusses the 2012 Bowl Championship Series (BCS) in college football, noting the inclusion of Northern Illinois University.

The article discusses the difficulty involved in establishing the actual population of areas such as Cape May County, New Jersey that have large seasonal variations, and notes the importance of accuracy to the allocation of federal funds that are based on population.

The article discusses political violence related to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, with a focus on the civilian death toll from hostilities in November 2012; a cease-fire declared on November 21, 2012; and the distinction between armed combatants and civilians.

This article discusses research on whether or not gas rationing after a natural disaster effectively alleviates lines, highlighting how the response to gas rationing after Hurricane Sandy in the Northeastern U.S. did not align with the anticipated outcomes predicted by mathematical models.

The article discusses the uncertainty inherent in estimates by electric utilities of how many people lose power during inclement weather, with commentary presented on various factors including continuing effects from storms that keep the actual number of affected customers in flux.

The article discusses which poll takers were particularly accurate during the 2012 U.S. presidential campaign, with commentary presented on the performances of Public Policy Polling, Rasmussen Reports, and others.

The article notes differences in results obtained by various public opinion polls as the November 6, 2012 U.S. presidential election nears, and considers which polling organizations might by more accurate than others by observing how they performed during the 2008 presidential campaign.

This article discusses the methodology employed by a consortium of five news networks and the Associated Press in the U.S. to accurately predict the outcome of the U.S. presidential election on November 6, 2012, through an analysis of telephone surveys, exit poll figures, and early voting counts.

The article discusses how the recession that accompanied the global financial crisis of 2008-2009 complicates efforts by economists to account for seasonality in economic data when measuring economic growth, and considers whether economists should simply ignore anomalous data such as that from a deep recession.

The article discusses how voter laws in several U.S. states requiring identification be provided prior to voting will impact voter turnout during the 2012 election.

The article discusses a survey conducted by the Pew Forum, U.S. think tank organization, which looked at the religious beliefs of Americans.

The article offers news briefs on sports as of October 6, 2012, including the inclusion of amateur players in the December 2012 tennis competition Necker Cup and the decisions of basketball players Andrew Harrison and Aaron Harrison to play for the team of the University of Kentucky.

The article discusses political polling in the U.S., noting that the variable of political party identification is difficult to factor into results, since it shifts along with public opinion.

The article discusses tweets posted on the online social network Twitter by voters during the 2012 U.S. election, with a focus on the number of tweets per minute directed at the Democratic and Republican parties and the average demographics of Twitter users.

The article notes that the distribution of electoral votes among the U.S. states gives residents of small states more influence per electoral vote, and considers whether voters in small states are more likely to decide a presidential election, with commentary presented from law professor John Banzhaf.

The article presents commentary on the four finalists in the 2012 men's U.S. Open tennis tournament including Novak Djokovic, Tomas Berdych, Devid Ferrer, and Andy Murray that is informed by the authors' analysis of video of the players' most recent matches.

The author discusses how excluding the U.S. prison population from government surveys may be skewing data about African Americans, an argument advanced by sociologist Becky Pettit in her book "Invisible Men," and comments on the complexities involved in including survey data from prisons.