In Memoria: Thomas E. Kurtz, 1928–2024 (Creatore linguaggio BASIC)
Scomparso il creatore del linguaggio BASIC. Di Dag Spicer | 14 novembre 2024 (CHM) Thomas Eugene Kurtz (22 febbraio 1928–12 novembre 2024) è stato un matematico e informatico americano, nonché co-inventore, insieme a John Kemeny, del linguaggio di programmazione BASIC…
The ‘Margin of Error’ for Differences in Polls
Charles H. FranklinUniversity of Wisconsin, MadisonOctober 27, 2002 The “margin of error” for a poll is routinely reported. But frequently we want to know about the difference between two proportions (or percentages). Often the question concerns differences between two responses…
The hard truth: Americans don’t trust the news media
By Jeff Bezos October 28, 2024 at 7:26 p.m. EDT In the annual public surveys about trust and reputation, journalists and the media have regularly fallen near the very bottom, often just above Congress. But in this year’s Gallup poll, we have…