Learn how representative samples and random samples differ and why combining them minimizes sampling bias for accurate data.

Primetime crime drama meets reality in new forensic research. Scientists are using the new Direct Analysis in Real Time mass spectrometry interface, which has made a guest appearance on the popular ...

Sampling is a tool researchers use for marketing, sociology or empirical study. In order for sampling to be productive, the data analysis must not be tainted. There are techniques for creating a ...

For years we’ve been advised to sample soil for nutrients and pH by walking in a W pattern across fields, but next year the advice is set to change. “We have known for some time that there are better ...

Designer Ishac Bertran has developed an analog music-sampling technique by physically cutting and pasting pieces of vinyl together to create new tracks. [partner id ...

Sampling of water systems for Legionella, Pseudomonas aeruginosa or bacteriological can be somewhat daunting, with thoughts of "do I need to sample," "how to take a sample" and "where should I send ...

A salt marsh harvest mouse walks across the bulrush at Grizzly Island Wildlife Area in San Francisco. (Cody Aylward/UC Davis) From species of marmots to moles, shrews and mice, many of the world’s ...