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Breath samples in DWI cases originally thought to be inaccurate due to data errors were determined to be accurate

The Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension says DWI breath tests administered with equipment that had data errors were accurate. At least 447 cases across the state were put into question after the ...
CBC.ca

Statistics Canada to delay publishing September trade data as U.S. government shutdown continues

Statistics Canada says it will delay publishing international trade data for September because of the government shutdown in the United States. (The Canadian Press) Statistics Canada says it will ...
The Financial Times

ONS revises down UK government borrowing by £2bn after VAT error

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. The Office for National Statistics has revised down UK government borrowing for the current fiscal year by £2bn ...
Middlebury Campus

Sampling error: you

Two weeks ago, I made the case for specifying the global problems you wish to spend years on. Today I want to place these choices at the right altitude, because from arm’s length everything blurs and ...
Pew Research Center

Understanding error bars in charts

A behind-the-scenes blog about research methods at Pew Research Center. For our latest findings, visit pewresearch.org. Every survey finding published by Pew Research ...
News 6 WKMG

Orange County Supervisor of Elections admits printing error on more than 88K Special Election sample ballots

ORANGE COUNTY, Fla. – The Orange County Supervisor of Elections announced on Friday a printing error on thousands of sample ballots for the upcoming Special General ...
Wall Street Journal

U.K. Statistics Body Says it Found Inflation-Data Error in Fresh Blow to Credibility

The U.K.’s statistics agency said it has identified an error affecting calculations of consumer-price inflation, raising new questions about the reliability of its ...
NBC New York

UK April inflation overstated because of car tax error, UK statistics agency says

A car tax data calculation error caused the U.K.'s inflation rate to be overstated by 0.1 percentage points for the year to April, the Office for National Statistics ...
C&EN

Analyzing Sample Size and Cross-Contamination in Plastic Recycling: A Novel Thermal Analysis Method Coupled with Sampling Theory

Creative Commons (CC): This is a Creative Commons license. Attribution (BY): Credit must be given to the creator. A crucial issue in the plastic recycling industry is the loss of quality in recycled ...
GitHub

[Bug]: Multiple regression SEM - Error: lavaan->lav_samplestats_icov(): sample covariance matrix is not positive-definite

Module: jaspSem OS: Windows 11 Waiting for requesterIf waiting for a long time it is reasonable to close an issueIf waiting for a long time it is reasonable to close an issue ...
Mashable

How to know whether you can trust a poll

A close election is all about uncertainty. So it's not surprising that many Americans are relying on polls to offer comfort, or warning. Not all polls are created equal, however — and election experts ...
The New York Times

Where Polls Can Mess Up (and What Pollsters Do About It)

Conducting a poll isn’t an exact science. The process is susceptible to lots of common problems and baked-in biases — more than just the “margin of error.” By ...