Harris puts Trump on defensive in fiery presidential debate - eviltoast
  • taiyang@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I read that, and it’s a good sign although do wait a few days you polls. As someone who did statistical research professionally, do keep in mind that this is ultimately qualitative. It’s better to read what they had to say than how they voted. We’ll get a better idea in a few days, and even that will be somewhat flawed (political polls being low quality for the sake of speed).

    I’d give you a length explanation about statistical methodology and validity, but I’d rather not to that unsolicited, lol.

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      2 months ago

      I’d give you a length explanation about statistical methodology and validity, but I’d rather not to that unsolicited, lol.

      I know how complex it is.

      I’m approximately college-level statistics. But my sister is literally PH.d level in health-statistics (or more precisely: public health) and worked at the CDC and today works for FDA. Trust me, I get plenty of the advanced discussions / paradoxes / autocorrelation / etc. etc. stuff. So I know I’m out of my league in the overall matter, and that I’m oversimplifying.

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        2 months ago

        Hehe, but you know, and that’s why it’s better not to go on a three page comment about it. In any case, I hope we get to hear more good news and polls. It makes doom scrolling less doomy.