Week Nine:  Sampling and Inferential Statistics
The Sampling Quiz may be taken three times as long as you start on time.  It is the same quiz each time.  Your highest score on any of the three will count.

Note:  the illustrations for items 16 and 17 are in a pdf file in Sakai/Resources in case your computer can't read them in the test itself.  They are also available in Google Docs.
  1. Sampling Quiz Early Bird  Closes 10 a.m.  Wednesday, Nov 5
  2. Sampling Quiz Saturday Special   Closes 5 p.m. Saturday Nov 8
  3. Sampling Quiz Last Chance    Closes 10 a.m. Monday Nov 10


Video of the November 1 class on sampling is available at:  http://camlaw.rutgers.edu/av-request/2593/3303ea739c


Reading: 
  1. Babbie, Chapter 7 on Sampling
  2. How the Poll Was Conducted  A practical example of how a modern poll is done, from a recent election poll.
  3. Poll results collected by pollster.com     
  4. Sampling:  An Introduction.  Powerpoint in Sakai/Resources/Week Nine.  The Narrated version is recommended.  A non-narrated version on Google Documents may be better for printing.
  5. Sampling Statistics.  Powerpoint in Sakai/Resources/Week Nine.  The Narrated version is recommended.  A non-narrated version on Google Documents may be better for printing.