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Archive Predicting the UK’s snap general election https://unsplash.com/@jamie452I have decided to build a model to try to predict the results of the…Gianluca BaioMay 30, 2017
Archive What’s happened to the polls since the 2015 UK election? When British Prime Minister Theresa May called a snap election for 8 June 2017, it…Timothy Martyn HillMay 15, 2017
Archive How to explain screening test outcomes Consider the following problem: “The serum test screens pregnant women for babies with Down's syndrome.…Tim BrockApril 27, 2017
Archive Forecast error: presidential election polls and predictors On Tuesday, 8 November 2016, the United States will hold its 58th quadrennial presidential election.…Timothy Martyn HillNovember 2, 2016
Archive Belgium to win Euro 2016? A Q&A on probabilistic predictions England fans might have been disappointed to see their football team crash out of the…Brian TarranJune 30, 2016
Archive How trustworthy are electronic voting systems in the US? When you do your civic duty, and cast your vote for the various candidates and…Beth ClarksonJune 5, 2015
Archive Was anyone right about the pre-election polls? There has been much wailing and gnashing of blogs since the dismal performance of the…David SpiegelhalterMay 18, 2015
Archive The ultimate experiment Queen's famous ballad 'We are the champions' was voted as the world's favourite song, according…Carlos Alberto Gómez GrajalesSeptember 11, 2013
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Archive Statistics against irritations: a response to Dickens’s apologists or If high readership is the test of good writing, then 50 Shades of Grey is a work of genius… Recently I discussed my article1 which reported the results of the test where the takers…Mikhail SimkinMay 7, 2013
Archive Syrian chemical warfare and Obama welfare cuts: measurement, retirement and war A recent New York Times article stated that U.S. officials believe the Syrian government has…Michael A. LewisApril 29, 2013
Archive Now is the winter of our uncertainty made glorious summer by this sun of journalistic zeal A skeleton in a 21st century car park. A king dragged off his horse and…Julian ChampkinFebruary 8, 2013
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