Word: errors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Richard Nixon's seemed to have waxed. Former Dean of the Faculty Henry Rosovsky says in connection with the finding that he did not pass on his knowledge of Safran's CIA funding (was that the result of oversight of was it policy?) that "it was an administrative error." Mortal sin and venial sin were good enough for St. Augustine but not for Dean Rosovsky, who has come up with a third theological category: administrative sin. What is the penance reuired for absolution? Or may it be obtained by presidential pardon or by silence? His phrase brings back memories...
What we have here is a sampling error of unheard of proportions. If, in my high school statistics class, I turned in such a poor poll, with such a poorly worded question, I would have failed. The effect a question can have on both the response rate and the nature of the response cannot be overemphasized. The council's referendum is proof. Its results are immensely uncertain, with a large bias favoring those who want the council involved. While 59 (the percentage of "Yes" votes on question two) is approximately the upper bound on the percent of undergraduates who want...
...suspect the majority really do support divestment. The first question's results include a sampling error, but a smaller one, and question one was not biased. But I also suspect the majority do not want the council to support divestment. The only way to find out for sure is to ask an unbiased sample the real question. Why doesn't The Crimson step in where the council failed and, using a phone poll, find the real answer...
...past when we work as hard as we do defensively and [the opponent] can sink shots from the perimeter," Roby said. "I think tonight was the best we've played on both ends of the floor in a long time; we kept up the defensive intensity and played error-free ball...
...major problem erupts when Mr. Buttle dies under interrogation and the Ministry discovers its error. A refund is sent to the family, and the duty of delivering the check is given to Lowry. The experience of walking into the ruined Buttle home and seeing the almost catatonic widow gives Lowry the first intimation of the evil behind the checks and receipts which pass over his desk every day. It also gives him a glimpse of Jill Layton, a truck driver whom he recognizes as the maiden in his dreams...