The Smokeless Room
The US election, polling, and how to not make assumptions when reading polls in volatile situations
Rushaa Louise Hamid
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Why polls of polls can be misleading as much as they can help showcase trends
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Nov 25
AKA why the reported figures aren't necessarily the whole picture
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Nov 11
In which there are less pictures and more warnings about not overemphasising a single polling result!
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Oct 28
How to manufacture a story from data, and how to spot that's what is happening
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Oct 14
In which I also use a very terribly worded question about marriage to demonstrate a point!
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Oct 7
And a demonstration of what sample weighting is using my very poor MSPaint skills!
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Sep 30
And yes, it's a both more and less complicated than you think!
Rushaa Louise Hamid
Sep 23
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