Thread: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!
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Its called an SRS....
Posted by Jessica Boucher at 2/11/2001 9:33 PM EST


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In Reply to: Re: QUESTION OF THE WEEK!!!
Posted by Tim Baird on 2/11/2001 9:15 PM EST:



In statistics, its called an SRS (Standardized Random Sample).

Say there are 345 teams at Nats. Each team is given a number from 001 to 345. From there, there are two ways to pick numbers, either with something called a "Table B" which is a table of random digits (where you count the numbers by hand....not fun), or through a calculator program that can be found on almost any graphing calculator.

The first 86.25 teams (ok, so maybe 345 was a weird number....lets say 86 in three regions, 87 in the fourth) will be in the first region. The next 86 will be in the second.....if a number comes up twice, it is skipped the second time.

Hope this helps, I'm guessing that's how they'll do it.

-Jessica B, #237





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