Sentences with phrase «unrepresentative samples»

But lauded together, over and over again, they amount to a skewed, lazy and finally unrepresentative sampling of what was an exceptionally rich and varied year in movie acting.

As well as pinpointing unrepresentative samples as the most viable explanation, the panel took the time to emphasise the factors that did not contribute to the error.

This piece, written by the man who led the independent inquiry into last year's polling debacle which was released this week, suggested it was more about unrepresentative samples than it was to do with «shy Tories».

Why do people draw such conclusions from potentially unrepresentative sampling, if not because they are «motivated» to do so (in the sense of motivated reasoning)?

In S09 much of the predictive power was held by the over-represented cluster of correlated stations on the peninsula, which is the most unrepresentative sample of the greater continent that one could conceive of.

Finally, Lisa Diamond's studies are controversial because she makes grand claims based on small surveys of university students drawn from women studies courses, a very unrepresentative sample.

Over on the 74, Nelson Smith responded with «A Few Thoughts About John Oliver's Bleak, Unrepresentative Sample of Public Charter Schools.»

Another way of looking at it is as an opinion poll using an unrepresentative sample, as the sample only includes people who place bets.

The inquiries into the 1992 UK and 2008 US polls also concluded that unrepresentative samples were contributory factors.

Our conclusion is that the primary cause of the polling miss in 2015 was unrepresentative samples.

The main conclusion of the report is that: «the primary cause of the polling miss in 2015 was unrepresentative samples» (Poling Inquiry — Executive Summary).

There is no longer such a strong correlation, and unrepresentative samples is one of the reasons put forward to explain why the polls were wrong in 1992.

What is also possible is that the online polls — without the benefit of random sampling — have biased and unrepresentative samples.

But I may have seen an unrepresentative sample.

«They drew an unrepresentative sample of studies, failed to ensure that replications were faithful and then misanalyzed their own data.»

First, the report is a small - scale pilot study of assignments at six middle schools in two urban districts — a tiny and unrepresentative sample.

Nelson Smith of the National Association of Charter School Authorizers responds to John Oliver's charter school segment: A Few Thoughts About John Oliver's Bleak, Unrepresentative Sample of Public Charter Schools.

The authors add that supporters for these new programs often cite research selectively, repeat «claims based on non-existent or unvetted research,» or repeatedly cite «a small or unrepresentative sample of research.»

As Tol explains, the Cook et al paper used an unrepresentative sample, can't be replicated, and leaves out many useful papers.

As the Australian blogger Joanne Nova summarised Tol's findings, John Cook of the University of Queensland and his team used an unrepresentative sample, left out much useful data, used biased observers who disagreed with the authors of the papers they were classifying nearly two - thirds of the time, and collected and analysed the data in such a way as to allow the authors to adjust their preliminary conclusions as they went along, a scientific no - no if ever there was one.

Admittedly, an unrepresentative sample, but there was consensus that it is a process in need of repair.

Although Professor Nock repeats his standard complaints about small and unrepresentative samples, once again he grudgingly acknowledges that «This is a well - done exploratory study.»