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Goodness of fit |
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Is probability of
a horse winning a race independent of starting position?
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Is there bias in the application of UVA's
honor code? See
Washington Post article
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Is the distribution
of heads in 10 flips consistent with pure chance?
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Is the distribution of black jurors among grand
juries consistent with random selection?
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Does MSPA have more first/only children than
the general population?
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Were
pre-election polls accurate and consistent in the 1992
presidential election?
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Independence |
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Does vitamin C reduce
the probability of developing a cold?
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Is there a relationship between stock
market crashes and currency crises?
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Is student smoking independent of parents
smoking behavior?
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Do cell phones cause brain cancer? See
JAMA article
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Is probability of conviction independent of acceptance of death penalty?
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Did the judge's jury panels exhibit systematic gender bias? |
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Multivariate |
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Simpson's paradox: combining tables can lead to spurious
correlation
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Combining the results from several elections
to investigate voter fraud in Riverdale, MD
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Do landlords discriminate based on the accent of a caller?
See JLSP article
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Were freshmen representatives and
senators less likely to support Clinton on foreign policy? |
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Fall 2000 UMCP graduate admissions by department, gender and race.
See Science article
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