The environment for obtaining information and providing statistical data for policy makers and the public has changed significantly in the past decade, raising questions about the fundamental survey ...

The 1951 Convention and the 1969 OAU Convention provide clear refugee definitions. The fact that more than 140 countries have acceded to the 1951 Convention or its 1967 Protocol, and many of these ...

This activity was supported by a grant from the Laura and John Arnold Foundation with additional support from the National Academy of Sciences Kellogg Fund. Support for the work of the Committee on ...

When we talk about artificial intelligence (AI) in business and society today, what we really mean is machine learning (ML). This refers to applications that use algorithms (a set of instructions) to ...

Statistical significance is a critical concept in data analysis and research. In essence, it’s a measure that allows researchers to assess whether the results of an experiment or study are due to ...

BLS commissioner nominee Brett Matsumoto plans to integrate scanner data and web-scraped prices into CPI measurement, aiming ...

In Rhineland-Palatinate, Germany, a system of three data sources has been established to track the Covid-19 pandemic. These sources are the number of Covid-19-related hospitalizations, the Covid-19 ...