Statistics in the News on the Web

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Truths, Half-Truths, and the Census (New York Times on the Web, July 1, 2001)

Take One, You'l Feel Better! (USA Today 01/15/2001)

Greenspan: Data are key to good forecasting (USA Today 03/27/2001)

Good-looks bias more potent for men. Appearance counts in the workplace, marriage market (CBS.MarketWatch.com 03/28/2001)

Back Belts for the Prevention of Back Pain and Injury (JAMA, Dec 6, 2000)

Surveying the Digital Future, UCLA Center for Communication Policy (ccp.ucla.edu)

Poll finds USA worried about economy, USA TODAY, Jan. 17, 2001

Fredrick Winslow Taylor's The Principles of Scientific Management (1911)

Is Using A Car Phone Like Driving Drunk?

Are Those Other Drivers Really Going Faster?

Delays in Maintenance Data Cited in Alaska Airlines Crash (New York Times, Dec. 16, 2000)

According to the Dow, Gore's Worries Are Over (New York Times, Nov. 1, 2000)

Professors see gold in Olympics formula

Professors correctly predict U.S. Olympic tally

Heart patients who are prayed for fare better, study finds

Prayer Power (A followup letter in The New Scientist)

Rasmussen Research Polls

How the Poll Was Conducted (New York Times, 11/6/00)

A Census spoof

The Dead Grandmother/Exam Syndrome and the Potential Downfall Of American Society

Absence of evidence is not evidence of absence

Statistics and marketing at Pillsbury (Click on A Digital Doughboy)

The Latest Census 2000 Information

The Placebo Prescription (New York Times Magazine, 1/9/00)

The Latest Gallup Poll

The Latest Nielsen Media Research

The Latest Harris Poll

The Latest World Opinion Research

The Polling Report