Statistical analysis

News and Updates

A close-up of a virus particle shows spikes protruding from the particle's surface and blobby sugars that cling to the spikes.

New NIST Method Can Better Identify Sneaky Sugars on Viruses’ Spiky Weapons

September 28, 2023

A better picture of the sugars can increase our understanding of how humans get infected by the virus behind COVID-19 and other pathogens.

Man wearing safety glasses leans toward a tabletop optical laser setup.

Spotlight: Meet a Mentor for Summer Undergraduates: NIST Quantum Physicist Krister Shalm

January 23, 2023

Quantum physicist Krister Shalm has a few spots in his laboratory for motivated undergrads. Do you know any STEM-centric college students who might be

Where Once Were Black Boxes, NIST’s New LANTERN Illuminates

June 22, 2022

Researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have developed a new statistical tool that they have used to predict protein function.

Events

Communicating Forensic Findings: Current Practices and Future Directions

Tue, Jun 25 - Wed, Jun 26 2024

NIST is convening this workshop to examine how forensic findings are communicated in reports and testimony. This is a

2024 Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop

Wed, Jul 17 - Thu, Jul 18 2024

As a part of the JARVIS workshop series, NIST is sponsoring the 5th Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS)

Projects and Programs

Design and Analysis of Key Comparisons

Ongoing

With the signing of the Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), National Metrology Institutes (NMI's) and Regional Metrology Organizations (RMO's) around the

Statistical Estimation of Degrees of Equivalence for Key Comparison experiments

Ongoing

Develop Bayesian statistical methods for the estimation of Degrees of Equivalence between laboratories participating in Key Comparison experiments. Degrees of

Critical Current Metrology

Ongoing

The main focus of the project is to develop standard techniques for the measurement of critical current of high-temperature and low-temperature superconductors

Statistical Friction Ridge Analysis (SFRA)

Ongoing

This project aims to develop a statistical measure of the uncertainty of the decisions made on the friction ridge evidence (i.e., evidential value of

Publications

Benford's law in atomic spectra and opacity databases

April 21, 2024

Author(s)

Yuri Ralchenko, Jean-Christophe Pain

The intriguing law of anomalous numbers, also named Benford's law, states that the significant digits of data follow a logarithmic distribution favoring the

Improving the TENOR of Labeling: Re-evaluating Topic Models for Content Analysis

March 23, 2024

Author(s)

Zongxia Li, Andrew Mao, Jordan Boyd-Graber, Daniel Stephens, Emily Walpole, Alden A. Dima, Juan Fung

Topic models are a popular tool for understanding text collections, but their evaluation has been a point of contention. Automated evaluation metrics such as

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data

January 18, 2024

Author(s)

Omar Aboul-Enein, Henry Medeiros, Mili Shah, Ya-Shian Li-Baboud, Roger Bostelman, Ann Virts

Mobile manipulators, which are robotic systems integrating an automatic or autonomous mobile base with a manipulator, can potentially enhance automation in many

Reproducibility in Cytometry: Signals Analysis and its Connection to Uncertainty Quantification

December 22, 2023

Author(s)

Paul Patrone, Matthew DiSalvo, Anthony J. Kearsley, Geoffrey B. McFadden, Gregory A. Cooksey

Statistical analysis

News and Updates

New NIST Method Can Better Identify Sneaky Sugars on Viruses’ Spiky Weapons

Spotlight: Meet a Mentor for Summer Undergraduates: NIST Quantum Physicist Krister Shalm

Where Once Were Black Boxes, NIST’s New LANTERN Illuminates

Events

Communicating Forensic Findings: Current Practices and Future Directions

2024 Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop

Projects and Programs

Design and Analysis of Key Comparisons

Statistical Estimation of Degrees of Equivalence for Key Comparison experiments

Critical Current Metrology

Statistical Friction Ridge Analysis (SFRA)

Publications

Benford's law in atomic spectra and opacity databases

Improving the TENOR of Labeling: Re-evaluating Topic Models for Content Analysis

Continuous Mobile Manipulator Performance Measurement Data

Reproducibility in Cytometry: Signals Analysis and its Connection to Uncertainty Quantification

Software

Cost Assessment Tool for Sustainable Manufacturing (CATS)

Smart Investment Tool

Extreme Winds and Wind Effects on Structures