Re:Disney is shrinking FiveThirtyEight and Nate Silver (and ...
by mempko on Tuesday April 25, 2023 @07:57PM
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Somewhat related: The problem with Nate Silver and most others in this game is they don't treat the statistics they show as random variables. I want to see confidence intervals for all statistics. They just show 'Chance of winning is X" instead what they need to so is 'Change of winning is between X and Y'. It's such a simple change I'm shocked nobody does it including Nate Silver.
It's all what I call 'pop statistics' at this point and IMO hurts the public and democracy.
It's all what I call 'pop statistics' at this point and IMO hurts the public and democracy.