Scrambled computer code also exhibits telltales that can be detected by statistical analysis.

ECONOMIST: Computer viruses

However, all of these, except perhaps the last, are also likely to be linked to disease and, by careful statistical analysis, Mr Eppig and his colleagues show that all of them either disappear or are reduced to a small effect when the consequences of disease are taken into account.

ECONOMIST: Disease and intelligence

Second, we believe that, given that statistical analysis by a wide range of experts that say that between 40% and 70% of health-care costs are behaviorally based, we can do things like investing in wellness and preventive care and preventative screenings to actually reduce health-care costs.

FORBES: Michael J. Critelli

According to the statistical model by the Journal of Quantitative Analysis of Sports, the Yankees are 94% likely to make the playoffs and the Red Sox are 80%.

WSJ: Jason Gay: Time to Light a Fire Under a Tired Rivalry

In this new business landscape where many activities take on the characteristics long associated only with financial trading, Revolution Analytics supplies tools for statistical analysis, a critical component of big data sometimes neglected by observers of the big data landscape.

FORBES: Revolution in the Big Data and Business Landscape

One of the ways scientists study the CMB is by subjecting the warm and cold spots in the radiation to a detailed statistical analysis, examining the deviations in temperature as a function of their size on the sky - their angular scale.

BBC: The first fractions of a second after the Big Bang

Any sort of statistical historical analysis is fraught with danger, given the market's proven reluctance to play by the rules.

BBC: Market crashes through the ages