Sunday, October 22, 2006

headsup: the blog: How not to screw up poll reporting

headsup: the blog: How not to screw up poll reporting: "4a) It ain't that complicated. 'The poll of 600 registered voters was conducted Oct. 18-20 by the Gallup Organization for the Daily Blatt. It has a margin of sampling error of 4 percentage points at a 95 percent confidence level' will do. Don't tell me readers won't understand it; you run earned-run averages every day."

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