Science news articles about 'best guess'

... University, which shows that another person's experience is often more informative than your own best guess. The study, which appears in the current issue of Science, was led by Daniel Gilbert, ...

... loop or other processes that aren't accounted for in these models -- the same ones used by the IPCC for current best estimates of 21st Century warming -- caused a substantial portion of the warming ...

... narrow down the possibilities, she and co-investigators then used statistical methods that assess the "best guess about the likelihood that space matters" for each grid of Gulf territory, she added. ...

... and may have some of the nutrients needed to support some of the life forms we see on the sea floor," said Stein. Her best guess as to why the water flows so rapidly is that it ...

... for each animal – all the information that is needed to analyse body movements. Having created their 'best-guess' reconstruction of each animal, they then varied the volumes of body segments and ...

... fit). You could say you have no idea whatsoever of what the top mass is, but you are capable of guessing, and your best guess is that the top mass is twice the mass of the W ...

... tests are conducted, and that can take days. "Until results are in, treatment is pretty much a best guess. Knowing exactly which pathogen is involved is important because it affects the urgency of ...

... when taking a multiple-choice test that if they're not absolutely sure of the answer, their first best guess is more often correct. "If a student is sitting up straight, he may be more likely to ...