Tag Archives: forecasting models

Kaggle allows organizations to post their data and have it scrutinized by the world’s best statisticians.

Posted on April 16, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

http://kaggle.com/

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REVOLUTION: Nate Silver says the Internet changed everything in politics. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

16:35 into, Nate Silver is asked whether he would open up the data fire hose, one day:

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SXSW: Nate Silver explains how he approached political forecasting for the 2008 US presidential elections. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

In part #2, he speaks about the books he is writing:

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Nate Silver explains how he builds his forecasting models. – [VIDEO]

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Via Joe Weisenthal

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