Do betting markets outperform election polls? Hardly. Thomas Wood - August 9, 2016 [caption id="attachment_44984" align="aligncenter" width="1484"] President Harry S. Truman holds up
In Scotland, the polls got it wrong. Or did they? Joshua Tucker - September 19, 2014 [caption id="attachment_15885" align="aligncenter" width="600"] Copies of British daily newspapers, including
On the ethics of Facebook experiments Timothy Ryan - July 3, 2014 [caption id="attachment_12164" align="aligncenter" width="600"] This January 30, 2014 file photo
Playing high school sports makes women have more children? Not so fast. Andrew Gelman - May 19, 2014 [caption id="" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] A softball game at Blair
The New York Times is creating a new data-driven journalism venture Henry Farrell - November 21, 2013 [caption id="attachment_3300" align="aligncenter" width="606" special=""] (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/Getty)[/caption] The New Republic
Why It Matters that Obama’s Approval Rating Is Falling John Sides - June 18, 2013 Despite ridiculous hype about a recent CNN poll that showed
Thomas Hobbes would be spinning in his grave Andrew Gelman - February 9, 2013 A few years ago I watched a bunch of Speed
The Veep Debate, and What Commentators Don’t Understand about Who Watched It John Sides - October 12, 2012 All throughout last night's debate, I read a zillion tweets
A Non-random Walk Down Campaign Street Andrew Gelman - September 28, 2012 Political campaigns are commonly understood as random walks, during which,