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RAND is introducing a new method of forecasting the outcomes of U.S. Presidential elections. Rather than repeatedly poll new random samples, this poll uses panel of 3,500 people who are asked the same questions every week. The results illustrate the effects of election season variables.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB142.html Jan 1, 1995 Jan 1, 1995

Written in lucid, concise terms, this volume covers all the key aspects of matrix analysis and presents a variety of fundamental methods.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB149-1.html Oct 8, 2007 Oct 8, 2007

<p>Classic work from 1961 discusses basic concepts of game theory and its applications for military, economic, and political problems, as well as its usefulness in decisionmaking in business, operations research, and behavioral science. </p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/commercial_books/CB391.html Jan 1, 2000 Jan 1, 2000

This casebook describes the varied analytical techniques and substantive applications that typify how statistical thinking has been applied at RAND over the past two decades.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19490301.html Mar 1, 1949 Mar 1, 1949

Order statistics are used to derive significance tests for the population median which are valid under very general conditions. These tests are approximately as powerful as the student t-test for small samples from a normal population. Also the application of a test requires very little computation. Thus the tests derived compare very favorably with the t-test for small sets of observations.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19490601.html Jun 1, 1949 Jun 1, 1949

This paper is divided into two parts. The significance tests investigated in Part I concern the population mean and are based on the quantity [(sample midrange)-(hypothetical mean)]/(sample range). The case in which the observations are a sample from a normal population is considered in detail. The tests investigated are summarized.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19490901.html Jan 9, 1949 Jan 9, 1949

Order statistics were used to derive some tests for population median which have significance levels either exact or bounded under general conditions.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19500601.html Jan 1, 1950 Jan 1, 1950

<p>A presentation of methods which determine some valid large sample tests and confidence intervals for the mortality rate.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19510301.html Jan 1, 1951 Jan 1, 1951

<p>Most of the well known significance tests and confidence intervals for the population mean are based on the assumption of a random sample. This paper considers how the significance levels and confidence coefficients of the commonly used class of tests and intervals based on the standard Student t-statistic are changed when the random sample requirement is violated and the number of observations is large.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19531001.html Jan 1, 1953 Jan 1, 1953

<p>In a shifting register or binary counter, there is a real logical requirement for a short term or temporary storage facility.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19531002.html Jan 1, 1953 Jan 1, 1953

<p>The purpose of this paper is to present a further extension of the concept of a probability.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19531201.html Jan 1, 1953 Jan 1, 1953

<p>The authors treated a special differential equation with very simple boundary conditions and considered one of many possible difference equations. The results may give an indication of the kind of results to be expected with more complicated problems.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19540201.html Jan 1, 1954 Jan 1, 1954

<p>The authors investigate how solutions of a sequence of difference equations converge.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19540301.html Jan 1, 1954 Jan 1, 1954

<p>It is shown that the resonant properties of axially symmetric cavities can be calculated using data obtained on an analogous static system in an electrolytic tank.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19580701.html Jan 1, 1958 Jan 1, 1958

<p>The theory of pressure broadening is re-examined, in order to include the possibility of overlapping lines, which are a regular feature of pressure broadening in an ionized gas.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19581101.html Jan 1, 1958 Jan 1, 1958

<p>The work of two previous papers is extended and a theory of pressure broadening is developed which treats the perturbers quantum mechanically and allows for inelastic collisions, degeneracy, and overlapping lines. The impact approximation is used.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19600101.html Jan 1, 1960 Jan 1, 1960

<p>This study demonstrated that military homicides and suicides tended to conform to certain patterns resembling in many respects those of civilian groups.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19600702.html Jan 1, 1960 Jan 1, 1960

<p>This paper reports on a novel technique for literature indexing and searching in a mechanized library system.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19610001.html Jan 1, 1961 Jan 1, 1961

<p>Comparison of alternative methods of sentence structure determination can take one method as a base and show the changes required to convert it into another. Basic principles of the RAND method include (i) isolation of grammatic detail from the structure of the computer program and (ii) postulation of a certain word-order rule.</p>

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP19610601.html Jan 1, 1961 Jan 1, 1961

<p>This paper presents a method for estimating the elasticity of demand for labor with output held constant.</p>