USA Today has decided not to renew a polling contract with Gallup that dates back to 1992. We cannot say at this point why USA Today dropped Gallup, but one cannot help but wonder whether Gallup’s poor track record has something to do with it. [cont.] Harry Enten, The Guardian Read more »
Gallup and USA Today part ways
Gallup will no longer be conducting polls for USA Today, the two organizations announced Friday. USA Today says it is negotiations with a new pollster. [cont.] Aaron Blake, Washington Post Read more »
Symbol of the Year
Symbolic Systems Program affiliates have chosen the percent sign (“%”) as the Symbol of the Year for 2012, in a first-ever, pilot vote designed to test whether such a vote should become an annual tradition. The percent sign was nominated by program alumnus Louis Eisenberg (Class of 2003). The citation […] Read more »
Washington Post Media launches independent polling group ‘Capital Insight’
Washington Post Media today announced the launch of “Capital Insight,” an independent polling operation that will offer polling and research services to external clients. Capital Insight will design, implement and analyze high-impact survey research for philanthropic foundations, commercial enterprises and others wishing to better understand public opinion, carry out leadership […] Read more »
Transcript of Nate Silver’s ‘Ask Me Anything’ on Reddit
Nate Silver of FiveThirtyEight took questions Tuesday on the popular social news site Reddit’s “Ask Me Anything” section. What follows is an edited transcript, with the questions and answers sorted into several subject areas. [cont.] New York Times Read more »
Don’t Let Math Pull the Wool Over Your Eyes
This column will make the case that many people, including holders of graduate degrees, professional researchers and even editors of scientific journals, can be too easily impressed by math. A mathematical model (Tpp = T0 – ƒT0d2f – ƒTpdf) is developed to describe sequential effects. Did that second sentence make […] Read more »