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11264 Re: Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits
   yes. the pundits wiffle-waffle endlessly. but the numbers speak. i'...
Cactus Flower   ALEA   03 Nov 2012
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11263 Re: Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits
   one might point out that nate also said that if one NFL team is ahead...
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Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits

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Why You Should Trust NY Times Stat Geek Nate Silver Over Most Cable News Pundits

by Andrew Kirell

New York Times statistics-based blogger Nate Silver has taken considerable heat (mostly from conservatives) for his prediction that there is a 75-percent probability President Barack Obama is re-elected next week, bucking the popular narrative that this election is largely a horse-race. Despite all the criticism foisted upon the stat geek -- most recently for putting a $1,000 wager behind his electoral prediction -- I would much rather trust him than any of the usual cable news soothsayers.

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