The interpretation of the evidence obtained in this study, based on the use of advanced analytical methods, supports the hypothesis of an intentional therapeutic treatment, but alternative post-mortem practices are not ruled out.

UNESCO: Basic Sciences

The CDC study relied on scientific methods to extrapolate total illnesses from disease outbreaks that were reported and monitored, said Patricia Griffin, chief of the Enteric Diseases Epidemiology Branch at the CDC and one of the authors of the new study.

WSJ: Vegetables Are the Main Cause of Food-Borne Illness, CDC Study Finds

This rise in prestige has been mirrored by a revamp of undergraduate business programs, with the top ones increasingly resembling MBAs thanks to an emphasis on the rigorous study of economics, statistics and accounting and MBA-like teaching methods using case studies and team exercises.

CNN: Starting out young