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Java Academy:Polls and Throwing Dice

Given by Geoffrey Fox at NPAC Java Academy February--April 99 on Mar 20 1999. Foils prepared Mar 20 1999

We learnt how to build Applets that simulate Tossing of Coins and Throwing Dice
Here we describe implications for Polling
Details at Java Academy Site


Table of Contents for Java Academy:Polls and Throwing Dice


001 Rolling Dice and Deciding who will win the Election Geoffrey Fox 
    Java Academy March 20 99
002 Polls do Quite Well with Small Samples
003 Sources of Errors in Polls
004 Errors with 200 Dice
005 Shape of Frequency Plot
006 Tossing Coins is a Better Idea
007 Decreased Sample size.
008 Effect of Fewer Experiments
009 Debug Statements on the Console


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