Underpayments are less frequent, with most states underpaying only 1% or 2% of the time. The most underpayments were in ...

Plaintiffs in a federal lawsuit argue the 2020 Census wrongly overcounted the population in a partisan way: “When the federal ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Lance B. Eliot is a world-renowned AI scientist and consultant. In today’s column, I examine a newly revealed technique in ...

Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, attends a hearing in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on May 13, 2025 in Washington, D.C. (Photo by Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images) A pair of ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...

Sampling (or sample) bias is a widespread concern in scientific research, across several disciplines. The concept of sampling bias originated in statistical studies. The consequence of a biased sample ...

Few things are more frustrating than sitting down to print an important document only to be met with a big, bold error message. If you’ve ever seen your HP printer ...

Medication mistakes — in which the wrong drug or the wrong dose is given to a patient — are among the most common errors in medicine. John Wiederspan is well aware of how things can go wrong in the ...

Data quality control programs used in the mineral industry normally define tolerance limits based on values considered as good practice or those that have previously been applied to similar deposits, ...

Refractive errors are common eye issues that can cause blurry or distorted vision. Treatment usually involves wearing glasses or contact lenses or getting procedures ...

The expression of genes has to be very carefully controlled by cells; serious problems can arise when genes are expressed in the wrong places, at the wrong times, or at the wrong levels, for some ...