And on the same issue from the New York Times http://www.nytimes.com/2012/05/20/sunday-review/the-debate-over-the-american-community-survey.html
Marie Marie Helweg-Larsen, Ph.D. Associate Professor l Department of Psychology Kaufman 168 l Dickinson College Phone 717.245.1562 l Fax 717.245.1971 http://users.dickinson.edu/~helwegm/index.html -----Original Message----- From: Christopher Green [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, May 20, 2012 10:37 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] GOP Rep Daniel Webster Bashes Census Survey As "Random" Rather Than "Scientific" Apparently certain members of Congress are about to start misusing the word "random" to sow confusion about public opinion surveys in much the way they successfully misused "theory" to sow confusion about evolution. Stats teachers beware. You may well be the next target of political funny business. http://www.slate.com/blogs/moneybox/2012/05/20/gop_rep_daniel_webster_bashes_census_survey_as_quot_random_quot_rather_than_quot_scientific_quot_.html Chris ....... Christopher D Green Department of Psychology York University Toronto, ON M6C 1G4 [email protected] http://www.yorku.ca/christo --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a4468797f&n=T&l=tips&o=17933 or send a blank email to leave-17933-13234.b0e864a6eccfc779c8119f5a44687...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=17943 or send a blank email to leave-17943-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
