#HTE

US election pollsters weren’t (very) wrong – statistically speaking

Media open season on prediction number crunchers

The media have spoken and they are unimpressed: the polls – this time the US presidential polls – got it woefully wrong, and therefore burn the witch! Or in the absence of witches, let’s set fire to Nate Silver, who until around 2am (GMT) on November 9 was the doyen of US polling and go-to person for all US forecasts.…


http://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.co.uk/2016/12/05/how_wrong_were_us_election_pollis/