Lecture 2 – Data Sampling and Probability
Presented by Fernando Perez and Suraj Rampure
Content by Fernando Perez, Suraj Rampure, Ani Adhikari, and Joseph Gonzalez
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| 2.1 Censuses and surveys. Issues with the US Census. |
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| 2.2 Samples. Drawbacks to convenience and quota samples. |
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| 2.3 A case study in sampling bias (1936 election). |
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| 2.4 Sources of bias, and a formal definition of sampling frames. |
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| 2.5 Probability samples, and why we need them. |
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| 2.6 Introducing binomial and multinomial probability calculations. |
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| 2.7 Generalizing binomial and trinomial probability calculations. |
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| 2.8 (Extra) Using permutations and combinations to derive the binomial coefficient. |
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| 2.9 (Extra) Example usages of the binomial coefficient. |
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