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Re:A mathematical formula that predicts US elections with 87... by kevinventullo on Thursday June 25, 2020 @01:39PM (#23643263)
That's nothing, I can generate a degree 44 polynomial that predicts US elections with 100% accuracy!
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Re:A mathematical formula that predicts US elections with 87... by bnveg on Thursday June 25, 2020 @08:21PM (#23647378)
Now do that with cross validation and get a better result than the reported
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