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  "id": "1999-may-calculating-aids",
  "slug": "1999-may-calculating-aids",
  "url": "https://dwillis.github.io/uplink/article/1999-may-calculating-aids.html",
  "year": 1999,
  "month": "May",
  "monthNum": 5,
  "headline": "Calculating Aids",
  "kicker": "ON THE INTERNET",
  "author_name": "Stephanie Reitz",
  "author_title": "",
  "affiliation": "The Hartford Courant",
  "summary": "This collection of online resources provides journalists with essential tools for learning statistics, polling ethics, spreadsheet management, and general data calculations.",
  "keywords": [
    "Internet",
    "statistics",
    "calculators"
  ],
  "topics": [
    "Data & Databases",
    "Journalism & Newsroom",
    "Technology"
  ],
  "technologies": [
    "Internet",
    "World Wide Web",
    "spreadsheet"
  ],
  "full_text": "1. Statistics Every Writer Should Know: nilesonline.com/stats/ Compiled by Rocky Mountain News webmaster Robert Niles, this site offers a great primer on averages, mean, median, per capita and other concepts. 2. The 10 Commandments of Polling: metalab.sunc.edu/journalism/pollcomd.txt Ken Blake of University of North Carolina (chapel Hill) explains the basic dos and don'ts of polling. Thou shalt not miss this site. 3. The Spreadsheet Page: j-walk.com/ss/ Compiled by a computer consultant in Sand Diego, the best offerings on this site can be found along the toolbar on the left-hand side of the page. Look for easy tips (and jokes) on various kinds of spreadsheet programs. 4. Martindale's Calculators Online: www-sci.lib.uci.edu/HSG/RefCalculators.html It takes a bit of navigating to get used to the format of this page, but the results are worth the effort. It claims to have more than 8,200 calculators on the site, ranging from basic percent-change calculators to translation of names from English into various languages (not helpful during budget time but fun after deadline).",
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    "extracted_at": "",
    "verified": true
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