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Data, probability, and statistics
general audience
Nuzzo, Regina, “Uncertainty,” in 30-Second Data Science, Ivy Press, 2020.
Nuzzo, Regina. “When courtroom science goes wrong — and how stats can fix it.” Comics. Knowable Magazine, October 2018. (with artist Maki Naro)
Nuzzo, Regina. “Theodore Anderson, mathematician who advanced data analysis, dies at 98.” Obituaries. New York Times, October 9, 2016.
“Tips for Communicating Statistical Significance.” Science, Health, and Public Trust, National Institutes of Health, November 2018.
Nuzzo, Regina. “How scientists fool themselves – and how they can stop." News Features. Nature, October 7, 2015.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Scientists Perturbed by Loss of Stat Tools to Sift Research Fudge from Fact.” The Sciences. Scientific American, April 16, 2015.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Chance: Peace talks in the probability Wars.” New Scientist, Physics Features. March 2015.
Van Noorden, Richard, Brendan Maher, and Regina Nuzzo. “The top 100 papers.” Nature News 514, no. 7524 (2014): 550.
Nuzzo, Regina. “The Future of Election Forecasting.” The Sciences. Scientific American, November 1, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Scientific Method: Statistical Errors.” News Features. Nature, February 12, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Nabbing Suspicious SNPs.” Features: Biomedicine, Genes & Cells. Science News, June 21, 2008, Vol. 173, Issue No.19.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Seeing the Pattern.” Profiles. CR Magazine, Spring 2008, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 2.
trade press and scientific journals
Nuzzo RL. Communicating measures of relative risk in plain English. PM&R. 2022; 14(2): 283-287. doi:10.1002/pmrj.12761
Nuzzo RL. Mosaic plots for displaying and exploring categorical data.PM&R. 2021; 13: 531–534. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12593
Nuzzo, R.L. (2021), Post hoc Power. PM&R, 13: 422-424. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12476
Nuzzo, R.L. (2020), Principles for Writing about Quantitative Research. Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation, 12: 420-422. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12350
Nuzzo, R.L. (2019), Making Continuous Measurements into Dichotomous Variables. Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation, 11: 1132-1134. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12228
Nuzzo, R.L. (2019), Histograms: A Useful Data Analysis Visualization. Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation, 11: 309-312. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12145
Nuzzo, Regina L. “Percent Differences: Another Look.” Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 10, no. 6 (2018): 661-664
Nuzzo, Regina L. “An Introduction to Bayesian Data Analysis for Correlations.” (2017): 1278-1282.
Nuzzo, Regina L. “Randomization Test: An Alternative Analysis for the Difference of Two Means.” Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 9, no. 3 (2017): 306-310.
Nuzzo, Regina L. “Statistical power.” Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 8, no. 9 (2016): 907-912.
Nuzzo, Regina L. “The box plots alternative for visualizing quantitative data.”Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 8, no. 3 (2016): 268-272.
Nuzzo, Regina L. “The inverse fallacy and interpreting P values.”Physical Medicine & Rehabilitation 7, no. 3 (2015): 311-314.
Nuzzo, Regina. “The Golden Age of Public Databases: Speeding Biomedical Discovery.” Features. Biomedical Computation Review, Fall 2008, Vol. 4, Issue No. 4.
Nuzzo, Regina. “On Simulating Growth and Form.” Features. Biomedical Computation Review, Spring 2008, Vol. 4, Issue No. 2.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Computing the Ravages of Time: Using algorithms to analyze Alzheimer’s Disease.” Features. Biomedical Computation Review, vol. 3 issue 3, Fall 2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Parsing PubMed.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, vol. 3 issue 1, Winter 2006/2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Computational biomechanics: taking strides toward patient care,” Features. Biomedical Computation Review, vol. 3 issue 1, Winter 2006/2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Brain Chips.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, vol. 2 issue 4, Fall 2006.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Neurocomputation of Music, Faces, and Belly Laughs.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, vol. 2 issue 4, Fall 2006.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of William D. Nordhaus.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103 no. 26 (2006): 9753-9755.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Giorgio Parisi.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 21 (2006): 7945-7947.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of David W. McLaughlin.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 20 (2006): 7539-7541.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of George Oster.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 6 (2006): 1672-1674.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Stephen H. Schneider.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 44 (2005): 15725-15727.
Other Science Topics
general audience
Nuzzo, Regina. “What happens when scientists experiment on themselves?” Health Features. Reader’s Digest, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Straight from the horse’s nose.” Science. ESPN the Magazine, May 28, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Family history wins gene debate.” Nature 509, no. 7501 (2014): 403.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Regrown nerves boost bionic ears.” Nature, April 23, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Female insect uses spiky penis to take charge”, Nature, April 17, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “The best time to wage cyberwar.” Nature, January 13, 2014.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Newlyweds’ gut feelings predict marital happiness.” News. Nature, November 28, 2013. Nuzzo, Regina. “And . . . They’re Off!” Child prodigies. TIME’S Secrets of Genius: Discovering the Nature of Brilliance, October 2013
Nuzzo, Regina. “Standing Strong.” Profiles. Cancer Today, Summer, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Online daters do better in the marriage stakes.” News. Nature, June 3, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Creepy Creatures Fight Disease, Infection, and More.” Health News. Reader’s Digest, May, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Can Posture Change Your Mind?” Embodied Cognition. TIME’s Your Body: The Science of Keeping It Healthy, May 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Bigger not always better for penis size.” News. Nature, April 8, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Brain scans predict which criminals are more likely to reoffend.” News. Nature, March 25, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “What to Put On Your Fork.” TIME’s What to Eat Now: Your Guide to Good, Healthy Food, March 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Babies’ brains may be tuned to language before birth.” News. Nature, February 25, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Why tongue twisters are hard to say.” News. Nature, February 20, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Adults with dyslexia improve when pushed to read faster.” News. Nature, February 12, 2013.
Nuzzo, Regina. “How Old Are You, Really? Telomeres Explained” Health. Reader’s Digest Magazine, September 2011.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Rose-colored glasses may help love last.” Health: The mating game column feature. Los Angeles Times, July 25, 2011.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Good Vibrations: U.S. Consumer Web Site Aims to Enhance Sex Toy Safety.” Health Features. Scientific American, May 24, 2011.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Online dating secrets, as revealed by math majors.” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, May 23, 2011.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Cancer Screening Conundrum: Overdiagnosis can lead to unnecessary and risky treatment.” Features. CR Magazine, Spring/Summer 2010, Vol. 5, Issue No. 2.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Living Longer.” News. CR Magazine, Winter 2009, Vol. 5, Issue No. 1.
Nuzzo, Regina. “A Doctor’s Devotion.” Features. CR Magazine, Fall 2009, Vol. 4, Issue No. 4.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Stopping antidepressants can cause side effects.” Health News. Los Angeles Times, August 3, 2009.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Kara in the Kitchen.” Childhood Cancer: Features. CR Magazine, Winter 2008/09, Vol. No. 4, Issue No. 1.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Vying for a soul mate? Psych out the competition with science.” Health: Features. Los Angeles Times, December 8, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Older adults’ sexual desires don’t have to fade.” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, November 17, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Love and infidelity.” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, September 15, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Genetic Profiling,” News. CR Magazine, Fall 2008, Vol. No. 3, Issue No. 5.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Use it or lose it: yes, it’s true.” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, August 18, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Mapping the way to G-spot utopia.” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, July 21, 2008.
uzzo, Regina. “What does gay look like? Science keeps trying to figure that out.” Health News. Los Angeles Times, June 16, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Fat cells: where the action is.” Health News. Los Angeles Times, June 2, 2008
Nuzzo, Regina. “Do I smell sexy?” Health: The Mating Game column feature. Los Angeles Times, May 19, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Diet books, pound for pound.” Health: Features. Los Angeles Times, March 10, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Science of the orgasm.” Health: Features. Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Call him Doctor Orgasmatron.” Health. Los Angeles Times, Februrary 11, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Female orgasms and a ‘rule of thumb.’” Health. Los Angeles Times, February 11, 2008.
Nuzzo, Regina. “New Clues to Hereditary Breast Cancer.” News. CR Magazine, Fall 2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Flawed Design: Are clinical trials failing promising drugs?” News. CR Magazine, Summer 2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Walking: It’s good for everything.” Health: Features. Los Angeles Times, March 12, 2007.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Mark of the vampire: an enzyme that may help prevent brain damage in stroke victims.” Health: News. Los Angeles Times, Oct. 30, 2006.
trade press and journals
Nuzzo, Regina. “Brain Folding.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, Summer 2010, Vol. 6, Issue No. 3.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Hot Bodies a Lure for Unseen Specks.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, Summer 2010, Vol. 6, Issue No. 3.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Synchronizing Cells.” News Bytes. Biomedical Computation Review, Spring 2010, Vol. 6, Issue No. 2.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Robert W. Mahley.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 15 (2006): 5641-5643.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Michael E. Moseley.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no 13 (2006): 4805-4807.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Huda Y. Zoghbi.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 9 (2006): 3017-3019.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of chikashi toyoshima.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 103, no. 5 (2006): 1165-1167.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Jeffrey C. Hall.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 46 (2005): 16547-16549.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of John F. Dewey.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 43 (2005): 15283-15285.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Frans BM de Waal.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 32 (2005): 11137-11139.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Bruce D. Smith.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no .27 (2005): 9435-9437.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Profile of Bruce Alberts: the education president.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 26 (2005): 9109-9111.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Biography of Mark T. Keating.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 23 (2005): 8086-8088.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Biography of Carol W. Greider.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 23 (2005): 8077-8079.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Biography of Douglas T. Fearon.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 21 (2005): 7415-7417.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Biography of Veerabhadran Ramanathan.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 15 (2005): 5323-5325.
Nuzzo, Regina. “Biography of George E. Andrews.” Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 102, no. 13 (2005): 4663-4665.