AccessMyLibrary provides FREE access to over 30 million articles from top publications available through your library.
Close
Create a link to this page
Copy and paste this link tag into your Web page or blog:
<a href="http://www.accessmylibrary.com/article-1G1-188748540/numbers-never-lie-international.html" title="Facts and information about Numbers Never Lie.(International Edition; FAST CHAT)(Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com)(Interview)(Brief article)">Numbers Never Lie.(International Edition; FAST CHAT)(Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com)(Interview)(Brief article)</a>
Close
Set up an RSS feed that alerts you when new articles from Newsweek International are available.
Frequently asked questions about RSS feeds
Numbers Never Lie.(International Edition; FAST CHAT)(Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight.com)(Interview)(Brief article)
Frustrated by illogical poll analysis, baseball statistician Nate Silver started modeling data on his Web site, FiveThirtyEight.com. He spoke to Adam B. Kushner last week.
How do you design your model?
A lot is based on intuition. We look at how a pollster has done in the past, whether a state leans left or right, who lives there, how things usually change leading up to the election. There's no one principle, except to be meticulous and thoughtful.
Which polls are reliable?
Good ones are boutique firms like SurveyUSA or Rasmussen Reports. Gallup doesn't have a good record. ...
Related articles from newspapers, magazines, journals, and more
For more facts and information, see all results
- Rasmussen Reports Re-Launches Website; Accuracy, Audience Appeal Key Evolution...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 12, 2006 700+ words
...President unchanged by al-Zarqawi death Rasmussen Reports, LLC, the top-ranked publisher...trends. In addition to accuracy, Rasmussen Reports is known for the easy, conversational...consumer poll findings. In addition, Rasmussen Reports conducts the base research for the...
- Survey: Workers Give Managers Mixed Ratings.(by Rasmussen Reports LLC.)(Brief...
- Magazine article from: Origination News October 1, 2006 700+ words
...workers rate their managers favorably, according to a survey conducted for Hudson, a professional staffing firm, by Rasmussen Reports LLC. The survey found that 10% of workers believe their boss does a poor job. (c) 2006 Origination News and SourceMedia...
- MN's governor's race a dead heat, says New Jersey-based Rasmussen Reports poll.
- Newspaper article from: St. Paul Legal Ledger March 6, 2006 700+ words
...Sen. Steve Kelley's campaign for governor has had good news to report recently.The Ocean Grove, New Jersey-based Rasmussen Reports released poll results last week showing Kelley, DFL-Hopkins, tied with Republican Gov. Tim Pawlenty at 42 points each...
- Making His Pitches.(Politics; Polling)(Nate Silver)
- Magazine article from: Newsweek Romano, Andrew June 16, 2008 700+ words
Byline: Andrew Romano Nate Silver, an all-star in the world of baseball stats, may be the political...was. On May 30, Poblano finally revealed his offline name: Nate Silver. Doesn't ring a bell? Chances are you're not a baseball...
- Those responsible: Nate Silver.(THIS WAY IN)
- Magazine article from: Esquire April 1, 2009 700+ words
You've probably heard of Nate Silver, the guy behind the Web site FiveThirtyEight, com, whose prediction of the popular vote in the last election was within 0...
- Discover(R) Card Survey Finds 67% of Small Business Owners Happy to Remain...
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 28, 2006 700+ words
...ASBURY PARK, N.J. -- Rasmussen Reports surveys unique small business...from opinions collected by Rasmussen Reports, LLC in connection with...Rasmussen, Publisher of Rasmussen Reports), the Internet's most...
- Rasmussen Consumer Index Offers State and Local Views of Confidence in the...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 27, 2006 700+ words
...consumer data into local business Rasmussen Reports said today that it will offer sponsorship...offer members demographic detail. Rasmussen Reports polls adult Americans virtually every...said Scott Rasmussen, Publisher of Rasmussen Reports. "Sponsoring organizations will...
- Hudson Employment Index Recognized by PR Week; Rasmussen Monthly Survey...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 6, 2006 700+ words
...Employment Index, compiled each month by Rasmussen Reports, LLC, earned PR Week's 2006 award...performance and unemployment rate. Rasmussen Reports, which invented the Index in collaboration...To collect opinion for the Index, Rasmussen Reports uses the same automated polling ...
- Defense Watch.
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily July 7, 2008 700+ words
...fading, according to the latest Rasmussen Reports phone survey results announced June...Other Hot Seats. Additional Rasmussen Reports survey results announced last month...Ronnie Musgrove for his seat, Rasmussen reports June 26. ... Retiring. Of course...
- RNC Response to Today's Speech by Al Gore; Gore Takes Aim at...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire January 16, 2006 700+ words
...Decision On Wire Tapping: "(A Rasmussen Reports Survey Found) Sixty-Four Percent...a Just 23 percent Disagree." (Rasmussen Reports' Web site, http://www.rasmussenreports...51 percent Of Democrats ..." (Rasmussen Reports' Web site, http://www.rasmussenreports...
Source: HighBeam Research, Numbers Never Lie.(International Edition; FAST CHAT)(Nate Silver of...