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Monthly Archives: October 2012

Great example of how to go beyond the political polls

Posted on October 19, 2012 by admin

The New York Times has a great blog – FiveThirtyEight – that goes well beyond the normal “latest poll” stories in the presidential race.

Nate Silver goes beyond those polls, and projects the probability of winning. Check out his daily updates. It’s great reading for someone interested in sorting out numbers.

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