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02-14-2018, 06:50 PM
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Nate Silver is my new hero
I picked up Nate Silvers 2002 book The Signal and the Noise today. Read about 40 pages. This is on page 11:
"A long-term study by Philip E. Tetlock of the University of Pennsylvania found that when political scientists claimed that a political outcome had absolutely no chance of occurring it nevertheless happened about 15 percent of the time."
He also went on to say that poly-sci guys are probably still better than TV pundits. Note the date of the book, after Gore lost but before Trump.
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02-14-2018, 10:43 PM
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Nate had Hillary at 90%
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02-15-2018, 07:04 AM
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Nate had Hillary at 90%
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I don't think so. He gave Trump a 29% chance about 48 hours before the election. I have stated this percentage in other posts.
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02-15-2018, 07:16 AM
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02-15-2018, 08:49 AM
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Handicappers take note, chapter 8 of this book is about Bayesian probability.
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02-15-2018, 11:01 AM
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Definitely a worthy read. If you enjoy his chapter on Bayesian probability, you should try beating 538’s pro football algo next season. I hung in for a little while before blowing up completely after some overconfidence in games where key players were injured and the team won anyway. Their algo doesn’t take injuries into account at all. I overweighted their importance and lost some games I rated at 98% probability. Don’t do that.
I think you hit a zero by accident. The book was published in 2012.
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02-15-2018, 11:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by maddog42
I don't think so. He gave Trump a 29% chance about 48 hours before the election. I have stated this percentage in other posts.
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I was wrong - 88.1% on Oct 17
https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com...tion-forecast/
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02-15-2018, 11:51 AM
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Nate Silver is quality. He actually has insight.
A percentage of the 'pundits' we see are average or below average in terms of insight, even though they are authorities at these fields.
An authoritative position and maybe a little charisma is generally sufficient to sell. Insight such as Silver's is often considered 'superfluous'.
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02-15-2018, 05:34 PM
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Definitely a worthy read. If you enjoy his chapter on Bayesian probability, you should try beating 538’s pro football algo next season. I hung in for a little while before blowing up completely after some overconfidence in games where key players were injured and the team won anyway. Their algo doesn’t take injuries into account at all. I overweighted their importance and lost some games I rated at 98% probability. Don’t do that.
I think you hit a zero by accident. The book was published in 2012.
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I definitely goofed on the publication date, but not on his chances of Trump winning. Thanks for the correction and the worthy insights. Is their algorithm published or just described?
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02-15-2018, 07:51 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Robert Fischer
Nate Silver is quality. He actually has insight.
A percentage of the 'pundits' we see are average or below average in terms of insight, even though they are authorities at these fields.
An authoritative position and maybe a little charisma is generally sufficient to sell. Insight such as Silver's is often considered 'superfluous'.
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I am impressed with his predictions and his reasoning. He makes a big deal of predictive power and being brutally honest about evaluations.
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