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Election Forecasting
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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Aug 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Not sure if you heard, but there's an election going on right now. Polls, surveys, and projections about, as far as the eye can see. How to make sense of it all? How are the projections made? Which are some good ones to follow? We'll be your trusty guides through a crash course in election forecasting.
Relevant links:
http://www.wired.com/2016/06/civis-election-polling-clinton-sanders-trump/
http://election.princeton.edu/
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fupshot&action=click&contentCollection=upshot®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront
Relevant links:
http://www.wired.com/2016/06/civis-election-polling-clinton-sanders-trump/
http://election.princeton.edu/
http://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/2016-election-forecast/
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/upshot/presidential-polls-forecast.html?rref=collection%2Fsectioncollection%2Fupshot&action=click&contentCollection=upshot®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=5&pgtype=sectionfront
Released:
Aug 1, 2016
Format:
Podcast episode
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