Skip ahead to about 1:08, minor technical errors.
Thanks to everyone who attended and I’m honestly ecstatic with how this turned out for not being scripted or rehearsed.
Share it, and let’s end this unscientific standard of “spread analysis” and achieve real statistical literacy both in the public and among experts.
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Fixing Silver, 538, AAPOR, BPC, et al Unscientific Standards
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The Field of Poll Analysis Is Unscientific - Here's How to Fix It
Properly read, polls are extremely accurate. At least, they have been. Understanding how polls work gives readers a baseline to interpret data, and deal with the mountains of misinformation pushed by experts.
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