Oct. 8, 2008— -- Surveys based on a random sample of respondents are subject to sampling error – a calculation of how closely the results reflect the attitudes ...

The editor of RealClearMarkets, John Tamny, has a point. An important question to debate today should be: is the Bureau of ...

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 ...

How four pollsters, and The Upshot, interpreted 867 poll responses: You’ve heard of the “margin of error” in polling. Just about every article on a new poll ...

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology, Vol. 46, No. 6 (June 2007), pp. 791-813 (23 pages) ABSTRACT Monthly rainfall estimates inferred from the NASA Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) ...

The latest Times/Siena survey shows Trump up by six points among registered voters and three among likely voters. By Nate Cohn This afternoon’s New York Times/Siena College poll doesn’t look much like ...

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. — The Orange County Supervisor of Elections has announced a printing error in the Sample Ballot for the upcoming Special General Election in ...

(Bloomberg) -- The Bureau of Labor Statistics said it will correct “minor errors” in April jobs data on Friday with the release of figures for May, adding the changes won’t affect key measures such as ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract This paper considers simultaneous estimation of means from several strata. A model-based approach is taken, where the covariates in the ...