The "old friends" hypothesis was proposed by Graham Rook in 2003 as an alternative to or refinement of the hygiene hypothesis, originally brought forward by Strachan in 1989 as an explanation for the ...

Daniel Liberto is a journalist with over 10 years of experience working with publications such as the Financial Times, The Independent, and Investors Chronicle. Erika Rasure is globally-recognized as ...

Journal Editorial Report: The week's best and worst from Bill McGurn, Allysia Finley and Kim Strassel. I was an academic scientist at Penn State in February 2020, when I became the target of an online ...

In various contexts, for practical, philosophical, and logical reasons, there is a default assumption. In the criminal justice system, for example, someone is presumed innocent until proven guilty.

The null hypothesis is an essential concept in statistical analysis and hypothesis testing, often denoted as H0. The null hypothesis states that there is no significant difference between the ...

Efficient market hypothesis posits stock prices reflect all known info, making market timing tough. Critics argue market sentiment and future predictions also shape stock valuations, not just known ...

Julia Kagan is a financial/consumer journalist and former senior editor, personal finance, of Investopedia. Eric's career includes extensive work in both public and corporate accounting with ...

Random walk hypothesis suggests stock market movements are unpredictable, impacting active trading. This theory supports long-term investment strategies, like buy-and-hold, over short-term speculation ...

The big picture: Having the last name "Null" is apparently the modern equivalent of being cursed. Just ask the Nulls who endure a never-ending loop of website errors, processing failures, and customer ...

Nontra Yantaprasert couldn’t wait to take her husband’s shorter and easier-to-pronounce last name. She didn’t know what kinds of problems it would cause. His last name is Null, the same word used by ...

ABSTRACT: The economy is analyzed on basis of thermodynamic principles, especially the law of maximum entropy production (LMEP). With thermodynamics self-evident, the reasoning is applied to the ...