Word: errors
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...potential sampling error is plus or minus 3%. When these results are compared with the results of previous polls, the potential sampling error is plus or minus...
...Mies van der Rohe or Le Corbusier, nor the coziness of the Eames lounge chair. But then, none of them is adjustable and completely comfortable. In designing his Jefferson chair, Diffrient set aside all questions of form and tried to think like an engineer. After much trial and error, he arrived at a design that suspends the chair on a central axis that pivots much as the body does at the waist and hips. The pivoting motion is controlled by a gas-cylinder mechanism activated from the armrest. The headrest supports the neck at the underside of the cranium...
TIME'S treatment of my study documenting the long-term ill effects of recession on the health of Americans [ECONOMY & BUSINESS, July 9] contains errors and also misses the opportunity to encourage actions that could help this nation avoid the life-threatening consequences of economic fluctuations. Contrary to the inference in the story, my reference to a "10% to 15%" error refers to the standard margin of confidence used in all professional statistical analysis. The story refers to a 2.8% rise in deaths from heart at tacks. My study reports a 2.8% rise in cardiovascular deaths, which include overall...
...Human error may have been responsible for the Queens crash...
...Likud backers stood around glumly, like pallbearers at a funeral. At 10 p.m., as polls closed around the country, all eyes at both headquarters turned to the TV screens. But wait. Anchorman Haim Yavin announced that there would be a delay before the first projections could be broadcast; an error had been made in feeding data into the computers. The minutes ticked away. Finally, at 10:20, Yavin delivered the first prediction: 46 seats for Labor, 43 for Likud...