small-sample

I'd be the last one to defend Zogby's methodology, and I take all his polls with a healthy dose of skepticism, because of his penchant for trumpeting small-sample trends and his facility for hedging to match expectations.

Zogby: Obama Leads Hillary Nationally By 14 Points 2009

This small-sample poll's overall margin of error is 4.3 per cent.

Poll: McCain Takes Seven-Point Lead In Missouri 2009

In it, we talk about Trevor Hoffman, stats on TV broadcasts, and small-sample wonders.

One Way Teams Can Connect with Fans 2008

The multiproxy studies covering the MWP are all small-sample populations 4-14 series.

Sampling from Contaminated Distributions « Climate Audit 2006

Percival gives an example where small-sample methods are biased by a factor of 100!

Spurious #5: Variance of Autocorrelated Processes « Climate Audit 2005

Bad nights happen, which is why small-sample bias exists and should be ignored.

SI.com 2012

Bad nights happen, which is why small-sample bias exists and should be ignored.

SI.com 2012

Bad nights happen, which is why small-sample bias exists and should be ignored.

CNN.com 2012

Perez continued to show good control but his strikeout rate dropped to 6.00 K/9 in the small-sample size.

Comments for FanGraphs Baseball John 2010

Francis is fully recovered from the surgery, as his fastball velocity is back to pre-surgery level and his control is at an all-time best (small-sample alert obviously in order).

The Hardball Times 2010