What Actuarial Science Can Tell You About Hurricane Harvey, Driverless Cars, Health Care, and More
Statistics professor and actuarial program director Brian Hartman doesn’t call them “tragedies”—he calls them “uncertain events.” “What actuaries do is . . . price uncertain events,” said Hartman. “They make predictions about when somebody is going to die, if are...
Want Safe Travels? Find Freeways with these Features
New BYU research commissioned by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) shows a number of highway features that make accidents less likely. Among them are some that are intuitive: minimal hills and curves, paved right shoulders and concrete-barrier medians. But one...
Running Experts: You’ve Already Hit Your Stride
USA Track and Field consultant Iain Hunter and U.S. Olympian Jared Ward have a message for runners: Don’t mess with your stride.
