Mom's Pay: Another Non-Random Sample
May 11, 2006
The Wall Street Journal Online's Carl Bialik is on the case of another non-random sample survey conducted online. In this week's Numbers Guy column (free to all) Bialik writes about a study done by the salary compensation firm salary.com that...[More...]
On Reporting Standards and "Scientific" Surveys
April 10, 2006
Two weeks ago, I posted a two-part series on an online spring break study conducted by the American Medical Association (AMA). That discussion coincided with an odd confluence of commentary on online polling and the standards used by the news...[More...]
Junk Polls: People's Choice Awards
January 14, 2005
And now for something completely different.... Just for a change of pace, let's shift from a topic as serious as election reform to something as trivial as the People's Choice Awards. I do so, not to condemn this crown jewel...[More...]
