Entropy in Finance: Measuring Market Uncertainty

Learn about entropy, a key concept in finance, which quantifies randomness and helps predict market fluctuations and the ...

Measuring poverty on a spectrum instead of an arbitrary line conveys a more accurate picture of inequality

Drawing the poverty line at about $20 per person per day – approximately equivalent to the official U.S. poverty threshold ...
Morningstar

New Quality Measures Reveal Wide Variation in Opioid Treatment Programs' Medicaid Patient Retention Rates

RESEARCH TRIANGLE PARK, N.C., Jan. 23, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study published in JAMA Network Open and authored by experts at RTI International, an independent scientific research institute, has ...
The New York Times

Mamdani Votes ‘Yes’ on Housing Measures Giving Mayor More Say on Development

During his campaign, Zohran Mamdani had repeatedly declined to say where he stood on the measures. By Mihir Zaveri Zohran Mamdani said on Tuesday that he voted “yes” on three ballot proposals intended ...
ahajournals.org

Blood Pressure Variability and Adverse Pregnancy and Cardiovascular Outcomes in the ALSPAC Cohort

Outside pregnancy, blood pressure variability (BPV) predicts cardiovascular events. We aimed to study associations (if any) between visit‐to‐visit BPV in pregnancy and (1) adverse maternal/perinatal ...
American Enterprise Institute

The Underappreciated Importance of Climate Variability

One of the most pervasive misunderstandings of climate — even among some who publish on climate — is the belief that any long-term trend in a measured climate variable indicates a change in climate, ...
Phys.org

Bach, Mozart or jazz: Scientists provide a quantitative measure of variability in music pieces

Physicists at the Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-Organization (MPI-DS) have investigated to which extent a piece of music can evoke expectations about its progression. They were able to ...
ahajournals.org

Abstract P345: Long-Term Blood Pressure Variability and Physical Performance Measures in Community-Dwelling Older Adults

High degrees of long-term, visit-to-visit blood pressure variability (BPV) independently predict increased risks of cardiovascular disease, cognitive decline, and frailty in older adults. Measures of ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Moral de la Rubia, J. (2023) Shape Measures for the Distribution of a Qualitative Variable. Open Journal of Statistics, 13, 619-634.

ABSTRACT: Although there are many measures of variability for qualitative variables, they are little used in social research, nor are they included in statistical software. The aim of this article is ...
Scientific Research Publishing

Wald, A. (1939) Contributions of the Theory of Statistical Estimation and Testing Hypotheses. Annals of Mathematical Statistics, 10, 299-326.

ABSTRACT: Although there are many measures of variability for qualitative variables, they are little used in social research, nor are they included in statistical software. The aim of this article is ...
Health Affairs

Building On 15 Years Of Medicaid And CHIP Quality Measurement

In 2022, the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) launched the CMS National Quality Strategy to promote the highest-quality outcomes and safest care for all individuals across all ages, ...