What sort of survey are my colleagues planning? It would involve questionnaires dropped off at a variety of businesses (tour agencies and hotels, mostly), aimed at capturing details about their clients. This doesn't seem to fit the examples I see discussed in online resources on survey methods. To top it off, both the time frame and budget are limited. Where can I find best practices for this sort of survey--and how can I determine which best practices should be given highest priority? [more inside]
posted by col_pogo on Oct 14, 2011 - 6 answers

Statistics Filter: How to pick a red ball from n buckets, when there could be multiple red balls in one or more of the buckets, and multiple bucket sets? [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Aug 7, 2008 - 11 answers

How many times would I have to roll a standard 6-sided die to get a statistically representative view of whether it was truly random or not? [more inside]
posted by Bugbread on Apr 30, 2008 - 8 answers

I'm interested in aspects of benchmarking with the help of UNIX's time, specifically, what user, system and elapsed times correspond to, within the functional context of the system and the tested application. [more inside]
posted by Blazecock Pileon on Mar 4, 2008 - 4 answers

Is this study an example of bad statistical study design? [more inside]
posted by beerbajay on Nov 22, 2007 - 9 answers