Are two sets of data genuinely different, or is it because of randomness? This question, known as the two-sample testing problem, becomes notoriously difficult in modern datasets, because they are ...

Know how to get the most out of your predictive tools. by Michael Luca, Jon Kleinberg and Sendhil Mullainathan Most managers’ jobs involve making predictions. When HR specialists decide whom to hire, ...

The cognitive processes driving social media use could be key to understanding social media’s impact. Here, the authors develop a computational model of real-world social media behaviour, identifying ...