BTW speaking of methodology, aside from Silver not going for the republican, what are the issues with his approach. In the following link Sliver goes through his methodology (some cool stuff there if you're into statistics) in great detail. So what is the problem with his approach.
http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/03/frequently-asked-questions-last-revised.html On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 5:06 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm more interested in his professional bona fides rather than where > he writes for. Even if he wrote for Fox, the Washington Times and Mitt > Romney's butt, if he was incompetent in terms of polling theory and > statistics, then he's be as useless as requiring candidates to tell > the truth. > > The point is he is good, very good at this. I went through his > methodologies and am satisfied with how he aggregates the data. Its > simply very legit. If someone else used his methodology, they should > get very similar results, up to the margin of error that he reports. > > On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 4:52 PM, GMoney <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> That he writes for the NY Times tells me he's probably a very good writer. >> >> That he writes for DailyKOS tells me he's probably a very good writer, with >> liberal leanings. >> >> Not sure what either have to say about his polling abilities.... >> >> >> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 3:48 PM, Sam <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> The fact that he writes for DailyKos and NYTimes should speak volumes. >>> >>> . >>> >>> On Tue, Nov 6, 2012 at 1:43 PM, Larry C. Lyons <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > a well respected statistician who has an amazing track record with >>> > other domains and a very good record in predicting past elections. >>> >>> >> >> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:357771 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/unsubscribe.cfm
