Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

Consider a problem in which a certain statistic X has a specified distribution function F(x) if a given hypothesis H is true, and suppose that the hypothesis H is evaluated by calculating the tail ...

It is well-known among health anxiety researchers and clinicians that people with health anxiety tend to overestimate the probability or likelihood of getting a serious disease. This threat bias, as ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

With Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine and Russian President Vladimir Putin's rhetoric surrounding the possible use of nuclear weapons, the fear of a nuclear war has crept back into public ...