tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post3646746722325601079..comments2024-02-05T11:03:17.462-06:00Comments on Days of our Trailers: College Level Math?Thirdpowerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02886910076400873900noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-84262512470204630562012-03-20T20:00:26.120-05:002012-03-20T20:00:26.120-05:00Just so everyone is on the same page, with a popul...Just so everyone is on the same page, with a population of 12,000 and only 40 students polled, that gives you a confidence level of 47%. In other words, if they were to repeat the survey, it is fairly likely they would find the opposite result of what they recorded. <br /><br />Basic statistics are not generally hard, folks, and there are even handy-dandy calculators online that will do most of the hard work for you - for instance, if you wanted a 5% margin of error (pretty standard) and a 90% confidence level (on the low side, but, basically, if you were to repeat the poll, you stand a 90% chance of getting the same answers within +-5%) and you assume the response distribution is 50% (probably inaccurate, but we do not have any hard numbers either way), then you need to interview about 265 folks to get a good feel for the 12,000's tendencies.Linogehttp://www.wallsofthecity.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-76520556003548042132012-03-20T08:40:35.031-05:002012-03-20T08:40:35.031-05:00I wonder if any of them have ever fired anything s...I wonder if any of them have ever fired anything stronger than a playstation controller while playing GTA, which I suspect today's youth bases all of its decisions upon as "experience" in their saged years. Other than Hollywood movies from the land of the never emptying ammunition clip (yea I said clip) and the auto Glock 8 that magically floats thru metal detectors unseen. 30 years of mind washing in the public education system adds up and takes its toll.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8544914688307073747.post-68299317136849862272012-03-20T08:25:49.300-05:002012-03-20T08:25:49.300-05:00You can't blame the students for all of it. Re...You can't blame the students for all of it. Read my post about the activities of the professors at my college.<br /><br />http://street-pharmacy.blogspot.com/2012/03/more-education.htmlDivemedichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14583007051962299381noreply@blogger.com