Simply Statistics: On weather forecasts, Nate Silver, and the politicization of statistical illiteracy | Eur Ing Dr James P. Howard II
Simply Statistics: On weather forecasts, Nate Silver, and the politicization of statistical illiteracy | Eur Ing Dr James P. Howard II
As you know, wehave a thing for statistical literacy here at Simply Stats. So of course this column over at Politico got our attention (via Chris V. and others). The column is an attack on Nate Silver, who has a blog where he tries to predict the outcome of elections in the…