Newsroom Math

Steve Doig makes it easy.

Posted on NewsU, Doig created this PowerPoint presentation for the 2005 SLA conference. It is the best explainer of newsroom math I've come across.

* Sum and difference
* Percent
* Percent difference
* Rates: per capita, per 100k, etc.
* Consumer Price Index (CPI)
* Polling
* Simple statistics
* Crowd estimating