Nate Silver

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Nate Silver @NateSilver538

People aren't direct enough about this: research is hard, and for many/most papers, the research design leaves so much room for error or ambiguity that you can't really conclude anything from it. The peer-review process is not a strong enough filter, especially for newsy topics. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 14, 2022

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Yeah, I was subtweeting this Scotland COVID study earlier, but it is a Bad Use of Polling. Low response rates, obvious signs of response bias. No real attempt to correct for it, study authors seem unaware of the problems, frankly. Doing good research on this topic is hard. — PolitiTweet.org

Respondents were significantly and substantively different from non-respondents on observables (e.g. 61% vs 50% fem… https://t.co/7EByZinP4c

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RT @SeanTrende: @NateSilver538 I think something that needs to be drilled into young researchers is that sometimes the answer to "it's the… — PolitiTweet.org

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