MacResource
Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Printable Version

+- MacResource (https://forums.macresource.com)
+-- Forum: My Category (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=1)
+--- Forum: 'Friendly' Political Ranting (https://forums.macresource.com/forumdisplay.php?fid=6)
+--- Thread: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang (/showthread.php?tid=144019)



Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Gutenberg - 11-06-2012

Their methods differ slightly but they tend to be right. Sam Wang gives Obama a 99.8 percent chance of winning the election.

http://chronicle.com/blogs/percolator/the-rise-of-the-poll-quants-or-the-demise-of-the-tv-pundits/31636


Re: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Black Tea - 11-06-2012

Wang is a dick.


Re: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Sam3 - 11-06-2012

Black Tea wrote:
Wang is a dick.

Wow, what an enlightened response.

Truly Dakota-worthy.


Re: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Spock - 11-06-2012

Black Tea wrote:
Wang is a dick.

Correct Sir, it is.

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=wang


Re: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - Acer - 11-06-2012

Did you know Adam and Eve had computers?


Re: Interesting article on poll aggregators like Silver and Wang - August West - 11-06-2012

Thanks, Gute, I really enjoyed that piece.