The science of statistics tells us that positive correlations range from 0.0 to 1.0.
It's common sense of course but science and statistics can too easily be taken out of context and divorced from reality.
Guido Gelli, director of science at the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, told the Brazilian network TV Globo that today it could already be considered as a fact that the Amazon was the longest river in the world.
Kennesaw State University offers a Master of Science in applied statistics, a minor in applied statistics and data analysis and a SAS certificate in statistical analysis.
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This morning I delivered a speech (pdf) at a Joint Symposium of the Committee on National Statistics and the American Academy of Political and Social Science on a topic near to my (admittedly wonkish) heart the role of Federal statistics in developing and executing good public policy.
It is no accident that the most powerful man in the Christian right, James Dobson, the head of Focus on the Family, is both a child psychologist and a veritable fountain of social-science statistics.
The UIS is the statistical office of UNESCO and the UN depositary for internationally comparable statistics in the fields of education, science and technology, culture and communication.
Today it has openings for 2, 500 people, half of them with statistics, computer science and math skills.
One major component of data science is the ability to extract insight from data using tools from math, statistics and computer science.
Science and technology are the bedrock of the global economy, and according to business and labor statistics, employment in these areas will increase about 70% faster than the rate for all occupations.
The web's links now encompass computer-science technical reports, folk-song lyrics, economic statistics from America's Department of Commerce, tarot cards, satellite weather photographs, film reviews, legal databases, the Bible, library catalogues, literary magazines and more.
Professor Nutt has, laudably, staked the credibility of science in public policy on getting politicians to put away their moral sentiments and face up to statistics.
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In computer science, foreign nationals made up 58 percent of the fulltime graduate students, while 61 percent of the students in statistics and 60 percent in economics were also foreign nationals.
Design, in close liaison with the Divisions in the Sector and Field Offices as may be necessary, regular programme activities and extra budgetary projects for building human and institutional capacities on policy formulation and monitoring through the use of science and technology indicators and programmes to foster inter-regional cooperation in close cooperation with the UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS).
UNESCO: Vacancy : Senior Programme Specialist (24/5/2011) (SC 433 - (P5))
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