“The purely random sample is the only kind that can be examined with confidence by means of statistical theory, but there is one things wrong with it. It is so difficult and expensive to obtain for many uses that sheer cost eliminates it. A more economical substitute, which is almost universally used in such fields as opinion polling and market research, is called stratified random sampling.” KindMeanUseUsedDifficultOpinionOne ThingFieldsTheoryCostResearchExpensiveSubstitutesSheerSampleMarket ResearchPollingSampling Book:How to Lie with Statistics Source: How to Lie with Statistics
“The first colour charts were unsystematic. They were based directly on commercial colour samples. They were still related to Pop Art. In the canvases that followed, the colours were chosen arbitrarily and drawn by chance. Then, 180 tones were mixed according to a given system and drawn by chance to make four variations of 180 tones. But after that the number 180 seemed too arbitrary to me, so I developed a system based on a number of rigorously defined tones and proportions.” FirstsArtStillsGivenChanceNumbersFourPaintingPopsChosenDefinedRelatedToneColourProportionArbitraryVariationSamplePop Art Author:Gerhard Richter
“I first came up with the idea for the colour-chart pictures back in 1966, and my preoccupation with the topic culminated in 1974 with a painting that consisted of 4,096 colour fields. Initially I was attracted by the typical Pop Art aestheticism of using standard colour-sample cards; I preferred the unartistic, tasteful and secular illustration of the different tones to the paintings of Albers, Bill, Calderara, Lohse, etc.” FirstsArtIdeasDifferentFieldsPaintingStandardsBillsPopsCardsToneColourEtcSecularTypicalTopicsIllustrationPreoccupationSamplePop Art Book:Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007 Source: Gerhard Richter: writings 1961-2007
“The universe extends beyond the mind of man, and is more complex than the small sample one can study.” MenMindUniverseStudyComplexesSample Author:Kenneth Lee Pike
“However, the Medicare prescription drug benefit has changed, and if the nearly 3,000 seniors I have met through 12 town halls can represent a sample of opinion, many seniors do not yet understand the prescription drug program and do not plan to sign up for coverage.” IfsOpinionPlansChangedMetsDrugBenefitsProgramTownsHallsSeniorCoveragePrescriptionsMedicareSamplePrescription Drugs Author:Mike Fitzpatrick
“To be able to detect the outbreak of avian flu anywhere in the world is going to require a partnership of several countries that will share information and samples, but it is important to remember a threat anywhere is a threat everywhere.” WorldImportantCountryAbleRememberShareInformationThreatPartnershipFluSampleOutbreaks Author:Michael C. Burgess
“I think it's a good idea to take samples and live with them a little. So far I'm liking Creed's Spring Flower. I think I'm going to make it my regular scent.” ThinkingLittlesIdeasFlowerSpringGood IdeasCreedsScentSampleSpring Flowers Author:Isabelle Fuhrman