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Friday March 27, 2020

Why 'Death Rates' From Coronavirus Can Be Deceiving

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Why 'Death Rates' From Coronavirus Can Be Deceiving

March 27, 2020 • "Case fatality rates have been very confusing," says Dr. Steven Lawrence, an infectious disease expert. Here's why.

Why 'Death Rates' From Coronavirus Can Be Deceiving

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Thursday October 26, 2017

2 Years After 'Opt Out,' Are Students Taking Fewer Tests?

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NPR Ed

2 Years After 'Opt Out,' Are Students Taking Fewer Tests?

October 26, 2017 • What has changed — and what hasn't — since President Obama called for a new approach amid a national debate over how much time students spend preparing for, and taking, standardized tests.

Tuesday February 28, 2017

Do You Really Have That Disease?

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Opinion

13.7: Cosmos And Culture

Do You Really Have That Disease?

February 28, 2017 • In statistics, a frequentist interpretation looks only at the simple probability. But Bayes' theorem works with conditional information rather than just looking at a positive result, says Adam Frank.

Tuesday April 19, 2016

Parallels

QUIZ: Do You Have What It Takes To Work For Samsung?

April 19, 2016 • The "Samsung SAT" is the South Korean company's aptitude test that features a gantlet of 160 questions in 140 minutes. Test yourself with a few practice questions.

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