Category: Sampling
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I just came across this poll question on ESPN about people’s opinions regarding the Yunel Escobar’s suspension, and I couldn’t help but notice that this map (below) look very similar to the 2008 presidential election map. I suppose you could view the map below as essentially serving as a state by state snap shot of how residents…
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I was reading an article on Huffington Post about the Massachusetts Senate election, and they link to an article that cites a poll conducted by Western New England University’s (nee College) Polling Institute. I was interested in this because I grew up near the college, and I have never heard of this polling institute before. So, I decided…
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I was recently reading Gelman’s blog, and he wrote a post about this: Patents Aren’t Only for Engineers. Apparently, some actuary received a patent for statistical sampling. The author (is that what they are called?) of the patent, Jay Vadiveloo, is a mathematics professor in residence at the University of Connecticut, and he is quoted in the article as saying:…
Stats in the Wild 