Big Data. Episode 10, Political Polls - How Weighted Averaging Wins.
Material type: FilmPublisher number: 6726072 | KanopyPublisher: The Great Courses, 2014Publisher: [San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019Description: 1 online resource (streaming video file) (32 minutes): digital, .flv file, soundContent type:- two-dimensional moving image
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Tim Chartier
Originally produced by The Great Courses in 2014.
Study the role of big data in predicting election results. Contrast the disastrous 1936 presidential poll by the Literary Digest with today's impressively accurate aggregators of polls, such as statistician Nate Silver. Analyze what makes aggregation more effective than any single poll.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
In English