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Related Statistics
Resources
Explore the following Web sites for more information
about statistics and polling:
The Data and Story
Library
http://lib.stat.cmu.edu/DASL/
Visitors to this site can access raw data files and
explore stories related to specific statistical concepts.
The Gallup Organization
http://www.gallup.com/
Here is a place to go to read data from a variety
of public opinion polls.
Glossary
of Statistical Terms
http://statistics.berkeley.edu/~stark/SticiGui/Text/gloss.htm
You can read about a wide array of statistical concepts
through this hyperlinked glossary.
Statistics Every
Writer Should Know
http://nilesonline.com/stats/
In plain English, this site describes the theories
behind statistical concepts so that journalists can
report polling data accurately. The site also hosts
a discussion forum for reading and posting statistics
questions and answers.
The Roper Center
for Public Opinion Research
http://www.ropercenter.uconn.edu/
This is another site to visit for an extensive collection
of data related to public opinion polling.
Random Sampling and Estimation
http://www.learner.org/courses/learningmath/data/session9/index.html
Learn how to use results from a random sample to estimate characteristics of an entire population.
Research Randomizer
http://www.randomizer.org/tutorial.htm
Randomly assign subjects to experimental conditions, or draw a random sample of individuals from a population.
What is a Random Sample?
http://www.aapor.org/What_is_a_Random_Sample_/1494.htm
Article defines random sampling and gives examples of good and bad samples.
Books
A Mathematician Reads the Newspaper
by John Allen Paulos. Anchor Books, 1995.
Statistics the Easy Way by
Douglas Downing and Jeffrey Clark. 3rd Ed. Barron's,
1996.
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