Generally, we expect that surveys representing the same target population should produce estimates that are consistent with one another; that is, measures taken at roughly the same time should not ...
The diversity of an organism’s B- and T-cell repertoires is both clinically important and a key measure of immunological complexity. However, diversity is hard to estimate by current methods, because ...
Survey mode effects linked to unit nonresponse and screening procedures were estimated in a study of self-reported tobacco, alcohol, and illicit drug use. Two samples of the same population were drawn ...
Historically, public opinion surveys have relied on the ability to adjust their datasets using a core set of demographics – sex, age, race and ethnicity, educational attainment, and geographic region ...
Conflicting findings are often reported in microbiome association studies, which could be due to insufficient sample sizes and numerous confounders. A new study, utilizing two large-scale human ...
An illustration of the various elements of an earlier Mars Sample Return effort. Credit: NASA/JPL-Caltech WASHINGTON — NASA has confirmed that one scenario for the cost of its Mars Sample Return (MSR) ...