> I think the idea is to indicate these numbers have error bands:
It's also a hint that the page isn't static.
I'm pretty sure it's so people don't just leave right away.
No one want's to look at a static page fore more than a few seconds, once you have taken in the information.
And I guarantee you that there are plenty of visitors on that page right now, staring at the gauges with fascination.
That would make sense, if they didn't have _actual_ error bands as well.
Re:Live Presidential Forecast
by revelation on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @11:05PM
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As the recent events show, these "error bands" would have to be off the fucking scale.
So in showing wrong uncertainty, they are being even more disingenuous.
The estimates below include an estimate of uncertainty. We expect the uncertainty around these estimates to narrow, especially after races are called.
I don't see any reason why we'd expect the uncertainty to be updated more than every 30-180 seconds or why any of this is the least bit "disingenuous".