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Tag: integrity

Pomp and Statistics (or: 95% of reporting is wrong)

The Trump campaign, fooled by randomness, and confirmation bias >The candidate gained a huge amount of support in the polls. We can not explain why. It is probably due to broad, abstract trends that are outside the scope of our reporting.

epiphanyaweek political heuristics April 5, 2019July 9, 2019 6 Minutes
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