Scott Sisson on the reliability of opinion polls
Published on the 27 Nov 2018
Our Head of Statistics, Professor Scott Sisson, has appeared in an Australian Academy of Science video about opinion polls.Ìý
Professor Sisson discusses the accuracy of opinion polls and explains how sample size affects the margin of error.Ìý
Professor Sisson has also appeared in a podcast forÌýthe Australian Research Council Centre of ExcellenceÌýfor Mathematical and Statistical Frontiers (ACEMS). In the podcast, he interviewsÌýstatistician Melanie Black from the Australian Bureau of Statistics and QUT Associate Professor Adrian Barnett about how surveys work, why they are useful, and what youÌýshould considerÌýbeforeÌýaccepting their findings.
Professor Sisson is Deputy Director of ACEMS.Ìý
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