Skip to: Content
Skip to: Site Navigation
Skip to: Search
WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 2009
| Subscribe to Newser's RSS feeds RSS | Follow Newser on Twitter Twitter

NEWS ABOUT: quantitative analysis

quantitative analysis stories: 2 news summaries

 The Express Lane's a Myth 


Sep 25, 09 2:12 PM CDT
(Newser) - Which is faster: the express lane with more customers, or the standard lane with fewer? It’s a conundrum we’ve all faced, and there are too many variables to give a definitive answer. But math teacher and blogger Dan Meyer broke down data from a 6-hour shift, added his... More »

MORE ABOUT:
grocery stores • quantitative analysis • math

 Economist
 Rates Art
 by Numbers

Professor studies textbook reproductions to determine greatness

Aug 4, 08 8:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - Most art historians would agree that Pablo Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon is a great painting. But one economist says it's the best work of art of the 20th century, and he can prove it. The New York Times reports on the work of David Galenson, who analyzed the frequency of reproductions... More »

MORE ABOUT:
art • economics • critic • Pablo Picasso • quantitative analysis

2 Stories


from our news partners