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

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

metRology for Microsoft Excel

Ongoing

The goal of the metRology for Microsoft Excel* software project is to provide a convenient user interface using Microsoft Excel for some of the specialized

Tunable Compression of Wind Tunnel Data

Ongoing

Measurements of pressures exerted by wind on buildings, as are made in wind-tunnel tests involving model buildings instrumented with pressure taps, are an

e-Statistics

Ongoing

e-FITS ( link currently only accessible to NIST staff) is a web-based tool used to generate graphs, tables, and random numbers for a large number of probability

NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook

Ongoing

The NIST/SEMATECH e-Handbook of Statistical Methods is a Web-based book written to help scientists and engineers incorporate statistical methods into their work

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

2024 Artificial Intelligence for Materials Science (AIMS) Workshop

Projects and Programs

metRology for Microsoft Excel

Tunable Compression of Wind Tunnel Data

e-Statistics

NIST/SEMATECH Engineering Statistics Handbook

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

Smart Investment Tool

Cost Assessment Tool for Sustainable Manufacturing (CATS)

Extreme Winds and Wind Effects on Structures