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Pollsters vie for the right results

May 1997

This article appeared in The Independent, Wednesday 30 April 1997 and is reprinted with their kind permission.


The atmosphere in one polling company's office was described as "frantic" yesterday as pollsters prepared to publish their final figures tomorrow - the ones on which they will be judged. After the disaster of 1992, when the opinion polls mis-estimated the Tory lead by between seven and 11 percentage points, their reputation is on the line.

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Letters

May 1997

Taxing your mind

I have come across a problem to which I have so far been able to find no satisfactory answer. I wonder if any of your readers can help me!

A man witnesses a crime involving a taxi. He says that the taxi is blue. You know from previous research that witnesses are correct 80% of the time when making such statements. You also know that 85% of the taxis in the town are blue.

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Delegate's diary: CAL97

May 1997

CAL is a biennial conference which met in March of this year at the School of Education, University of Exeter. The focus of the conference is on the use of computers to enhance teaching and learning in all sectors of education. Each conference is organised almost entirely by members of the host institution so there are refreshing differences between each meeting which sets CAL apart from other conferences I have attended.

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