Peter H. Gleick is an internationally recognized expert on water and conflict and a member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences. He’s also the author of the book, The Three Ages of Water ...

When engineers design things, they use models to predict how the things will work in the natural world. But all models have limitations. MTStock Studio/E+ via Getty Images Nicknamed “Galloping Gertie” ...

In a pandemic, no model provides a crystal ball to foresee months or years down the road. Instead, most models aim to produce one of two types of outputs: short-term forecasts, such as those ...

Hospitals and health systems should hold off on their investments in large language models as there is currently no way to evaluate whether these tools will be useful, fair and reliable, according to ...

Michael Roytman is a former distinguished engineer at Cisco, former chief data scientist at Kenna Security, and a Forbes 30 Under 30. “Essentially, all models are wrong, but some are useful.” —George ...

Professor George Box, called “one of the great statistical minds of the 20th century,” put it this way, “All models are wrong. Some are useful.” As we increasingly rely on models to both execute our ...

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. (Related posts: An intro to topic models for text analysis, Making sense of ...