Michigan Today . . . Fall 2001


They've got your number! (+/ - the margin of error)
Institute for Social Research refining what survey statistics really mean

Measuring the will of the people
Use of numbers in decision making
'No-response' sometimes doesn't matter
Missing answers is not always a problem
"A completely bogus statistic"
Percieved poll accuracy is based on personal views
Web surveys: The good, the bad and the ugly
The Internet is changing the way we survey
Does premarital familiarity promote divorce?
Surveys can be misleading
How Question-order affects answers
Question-order and age can vary survey results
Public concerns about privacy and data confidentiality
Concern about privacy is declining

U-M responds to terrorists' assaults
The University community comes together

Campus responses to tragedy
Actions by students, faculty and staff
We should not allow terrorists 'to take our rights as well'
Editorial excerpted from the Michigan Daily
Many units hold panel discussions
Panel discussions help students to cope
Alumni Association reports on U-M casualties
Association is looking to set up scholarship funds
Scholarship fund memorializes son
Family of Josh Rosenthal ('79) has established a fund

Bollinger leaving U-M for Columbia presidency
Bollinger leaves Michigan after 26 years

Student experience enriched by trip through UROP
Undergraduate research program pair students with faculty

'And You Can Quote Me On That'
Disabled students collaborate on video to tell their stories

Scientific medicine examines the alternatives
New found interest in 'Holistic' medicine from the health-care establishment

Under economic pressure? Check out 'Pressing Problems'
A B-school book series of the 'best-available' ideas for business

Uncle Charlie's speech
Maude Johnson tells of Michigan Alum, Charles Johnson

Why the tube is such a turnoff
Interview with actor John Rich ('48)

Shot on the Spanish goal
Olympian, Tracy Fuchs, helped improve Michigan's field hockey team


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