Consider a population of 70 individuals, for which you wish to estimate the mean annual income, μ. Assume that you have decided to use the following estimation procedure to make your estimate: simple ...

It’s in vogue these days to declare the building blocks of statistical inference irrelevant to assessing the performance of schools. For example, Joel Klein recently argued that statistical ...

You can’t get into an argument about polls without some wise guy whipping out the “margin of error” to shut down the other side. But what is the margin of error, exactly? (Or, as Gilda Radner’s ...

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This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract A comprehensive treatment of the theory of non-sampling errors is given in this paper by bringing together the work of a number of authors on ...

HOLLIDAYSBURG — High levels of lead recently found in samples of drinking water in some homes and buildings in Hollidaysburg Borough were the result of a sampling error, according to Rick Pope, ...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 50, No. 5 (May 2011), pp. 994-1023 (30 pages) ABSTRACT Passive and active microwave rain sensors on board Earth-orbiting satellites estimate ...

Product trial or sampling is easy, right? People try your product, and if they like it, they buy it. Sadly, this view has led to trial becoming an afterthought in a brand’s marketing strategy. However ...