Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

True experiments, unlike anecdotal evidence, often require random sampling and random assignment. In this post, I try to explain the importance of random sampling; in my next post, I will explore ...

Melissa Horton is a financial literacy professional. She has 10+ years of experience in the financial services and planning industry. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more ...

Just as we might consult multiple experts about a problem and then combine their advice to come to a consensus decision, repeated statistical analyses on the same data can be combined to form a single ...

The Irish Second-Level Students’ Union has criticised the use of what it said was the “deeply unfair” random selection process after some students who achieved maximum points lost out on their first ...