Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Oct. 8, 2008— -- Surveys based on a random sample of respondents are subject to sampling error – a calculation of how closely the results reflect the attitudes ...

Melissa Horton is a financial literacy professional. She has 10+ years of experience in the financial services and planning industry. Robert Kelly is managing director of XTS Energy LLC, and has more ...

Sampling is a technique in which samples are drawn at random (without any favor or bias). For this, suitable measures or procedures may be laid down and adopted according to the nature and ...

In 1977-1978, the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) Mars Program studied a low-cost "minimum" Mars Sample Return (MSR) mission as a potential follow-on to the Viking missions. Late in 1978, JPL Mars ...