FiveThirtyEight Gets it Wrong on Venezuela
Wednesday, 09 April 2014 12:39
By Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research | News Analysis
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Nate Silver, who became famous for his use of polling data to accurately project U.S. elections, launched a new blog – FiveThirtyEight.com last month. It’s been off to a rough start, “something between a disappointment and a disaster” as Paul Krugman wrote soon after its launch, because of some pieces that handled data rather badly. “[S]loppy and casual opining with a bit of data used, as the old saying goes, the way a drunkard uses a lamppost — for support, not illumination,” says Krugman.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/2...g-on-venezuela
Wednesday, 09 April 2014 12:39
By Mark Weisbrot, Center for Economic and Policy Research | News Analysis
1
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Nate Silver, who became famous for his use of polling data to accurately project U.S. elections, launched a new blog – FiveThirtyEight.com last month. It’s been off to a rough start, “something between a disappointment and a disaster” as Paul Krugman wrote soon after its launch, because of some pieces that handled data rather badly. “[S]loppy and casual opining with a bit of data used, as the old saying goes, the way a drunkard uses a lamppost — for support, not illumination,” says Krugman.
http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/2...g-on-venezuela
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