Forecast error: Are polls getting worse at predicting elections?
Voting intention polls appear to have an accuracy problem. The UK House of Lords recently…
Timothy Martyn HillAugust 7, 2018
Voodoo polls are bad news: here’s how to spot and stop them
"Over a third of students ‘no longer wish to study medicine’ amid the junior doctors’…
Are we accepting austerity?
When the government says times are tough and cuts have to be made, we expect…
Naomi JonesJuly 20, 2015
Pollgate: hindsight is wonderful but it doesn’t answer what went wrong
After the pre-election polls spectacularly failed to predict a Conservative majority, many are seriously asking…
Oz FlanaganJune 11, 2015
How much did the polls vary from the general election result?
In the run up to polling day earlier this month, a large number of opinion…
Nambassa NakatuddeMay 29, 2015
The music that is better than itself
In the 1930s, Pitirim A. Sorokin and J.W. Boldyreff conducted the most interesting experiment1. They…
Mikhail SimkinOctober 28, 2013
