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Midas Oracle’s stats about John Delaney’s death. — [ANALYTICS]

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Chris F. Masse

Out of curiosity for SEO, here are some key stats about our coverage of the InTrade CEO‘s horrific death. Note that these stats don’t encompass the frontpage readers and the feed subscribers (so, we would add many hundreds more, actually). … Continue reading →

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Hans Rosling’s data visualization techniques… are… amazing. – [VIDEO]

Posted on December 1, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

UPDATE: Criticism.

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Felix Salmon wins the ASA 2010 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award

Posted on June 15, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

American Statistical Association: ALEXANDRIA VA, MAY 14, 2009 – Felix Salmon, a well known financial blogger who writes extensively about statistics, has been named the recipient of the 2010 Excellence in Statistical Reporting Award (ESRA) of the American Statistical Association … Continue reading →

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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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The relative advantage of prediction markets (over conventional means of forecasting, namely polls and statistical models) is remarkably… SMALL.

Posted on January 22, 2010 by Chris F. Masse

Sharad Goel: In a new study, Daniel Reeves, Duncan Watts, Dave Pennock and I compare the performance of prediction markets to conventional means of forecasting, namely polls and statistical models. Examining thousands of sporting and movie events, we find that … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle generated more than 100,000 pageviews in December 2009.

Posted on January 2, 2010 by Chris F. Masse
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Time-Series Forecasting

Posted on December 16, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

- The different kinds of forecasting software —including time-series forecasting. – Some forecasting startups make use of the open source and/or SaaS models. I need your feedback on all this. Please, comment below, e-mail me, wave me, or tweet me. … Continue reading →

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Climate Stats = Sausage Making

Posted on December 13, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

How to Make Your Own Hockey Stick – Required reading for our good friend Caveat Bettor. More info on “climategate” at Memeorandum “Hide the decline” “Hide the decline”

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Should a blog run ads?

Posted on December 3, 2009 by Chris F. Masse

Robin Hanson’s web stats (the drop came following his ditching of his co-authors): He has asked whether his readers would allow him to have ads. I left a comment, there. Blog Herald: 3 Odd Reasons Why I Don’t Read Your … Continue reading →

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Midas Oracle is only 6 times smaller than Fred Wilson’s blog, “A VC”.

Posted on June 8, 2008 by Chris F. Masse

Frankly, we are not ridicule at all. We are growing every day. One day, we will be in the adults’ playground. -

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