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Sun Oct 06 17:39:14 +0000 2019

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

A few times a year, I get asked to be a judge of student statistical projects in politics or sports. While the students are very bright, they spend WAY too much time using fancy statistical methods and not enough time framing the right questions and contextualizing their answers. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

As with a lot of Trump's strategy, his impeachment defense may help Trump with his base. But that's not the same as helping him overall. Watch swing voters, among whom the signs aren't great for Trump so far. — PolitiTweet.org

ABC News Politics @ABCPolitics

Will the impeachment inquiry energize Pres. Trump's base and make his reelection more likely? @FiveThirtyEight's… https://t.co/T2g2fdytgG

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

If you want to be a good data scientist, you should spend ~49% of your time developing your statistical intuition (i.e. how to ask good questions of the data), and ~49% of your time on domain knowledge (improving overall understanding of your field). Only ~2% on methods per se. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 6, 2019 Hibernated

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