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Random Sampling Defined

An unbiased sampling technique in which every member of the population has an equal chance of being included in the sample. Based on probability theory, random sampling is the process of selecting and canvassing a representative group of individuals from a particular population in order to identify the attributes or attitudes of the population as a whole.

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Return on investment not shown in test results

Published December 3, 2008, 10:08 pm, Basehor Sentinel

With college tuition continuing to rise at almost double the rate of inflation, one would like to think we’d be getting more bang for the buck, so to speak.

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PM attacks coalition as harmful; preps GG meeting

Published December 3, 2008, 8:46 am, CTV Winnipeg

Stephen Harper is expected to ask for a parliamentary time out when he meets with the Governor General Thursday, a day after he accused his opponents of abusing Canada's democratic traditions.

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Financial Fears Grow, But Cooler Heads Prevail...Research Shows Americans Dig In For the Long Term, Stay the Course

Published December 3, 2008, 6:32 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance

DES MOINES, Iowa----New research from the Principal Financial Well-Being IndexSM reveals an inverse relationship between fear and basic financial behavior. While financial well-being concerns continue to escalate, Americans are “digging in their heels” and staying the course when it comes to their retirement savings.

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Consumers monitoring organic industry integrity

Published December 2, 2008, 10:20 pm, Queensland Country Life

Savvy consumers are playing an integral part in measures to maintain the integrity of the Australian organic food industry, following reports of product substitution in the United Kingdom.

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So ABC Radio National closes

Published December 2, 2008, 7:09 pm, New Matilda

So ABC Radio National closes its eyes - and then on reading down further I find out it is only blinking. Another storm in a teacup and obviously not the reason to worry about the deterioration in the standard of content broadcast on Radio National’s programs. Why waste time discussing successful transformative programs like Radio Eye and Street Stories, that should be available exclusively ...

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Censorship By Glut

Published December 2, 2008, 4:49 pm, Slashdot

Frequent Slashdot contributor Bennett Haselton writes "A 2006 paper by Matthew Salganik, Peter Dodds and Duncan Watts, about the patterns that users follow in choosing and recommending songs to each other on a music download site, may be the key to understanding the most effective form of "censorship" that still exists in mostly-free countries like the US It also explains why your great ideas ...

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Multivariate Models: The Monte Carlo Analysis

Published November 28, 2008, 1:06 am, Investopedia

Research analysts use multivariate models to forecast investment outcomes to understand the possibilities surrounding their investment exposures and to better mitigate risks.

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  • Bivariate Normal Density: "To sample from this density, 1) Generate two, uncorrelated, standard normal variates, z1 and z2 . 2) Compute the correlated X1 and X2 3) X1 and X2 will have means m1 and m2, standard deviations s1 and s2, and correlation r."

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  • Random sampling with a reservoir (Jeffrey Vitter): "The main result of the paper is the design and analysis of Algorithm Z; it does the sampling in one pass using constant space and in O(n(1 + log(N/n))) expected time, which is optimum, up to a constant factor."

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