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Archive - Oct 30, 2008

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Cool Tools: Installing Linux

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 18:20 — HummuSoft

In the first installment of Cool Tools, I explained what the series is all about: giving everyone the ability to set up and use a set of quality tools for statistical analysis. Now we get into the nitty-gritty of actually building the system that will do this for us.

NEWSFEED: Pollster Accuracy in Washington Post

Thu, 10/30/2008 - 01:25 — Student Redux

While I was off watching the Obama Infomercial Pregame, Avi Zenilman snuck into JMart's Politico blog and tagged a Washington Post article about pollster accuracy and the McCain campaign's contention that this election is still a close race.

Take that however you will, but the WaPo article itself is a nice discussion of some of the problems I've been discussing recently (regarding voter turnout modeling) and how the polling community is trying to respond to an historic election.  It's worth checking out.

Accuracy of Polls a Question in Itself by Michael Abramowitz