Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. At What Makes Good Data Visualization, the panelists stated that artists and ...

Statistical mechanics of random graphs brings the tools of equilibrium and non‐equilibrium physics to bear on the structure and dynamics of networked systems. By treating graph ensembles as analogue ...

Pangenomes, which capture the genetic diversity of populations more comprehensively than traditional linear genomes, are foundational to understanding genetic variation in species. While calculating ...

Modern statistical displays of data—grids of scatterplots for inspecting correlations, for example—succeed by being transparent and allowing trends in the data to stand out. In contrast, classic data ...

Statistics is a useful tool for understanding the patterns in the world around us. But our intuition often lets us down when it comes to interpreting those patterns. In this series we look at some of ...