This may seem to be a parochial issue for those of you not in Massachusetts but it is an excellent example of what can happen when statistical analysis is put into the hands of those unfamiliar with the meaning of terms and methods with which analysts are intimately acquainted. With the death of Edward M. [...]
We had the chance to listen to David Plouffe, manager of the Obama presidential campaign, who was in town to talk about his new book, The Audacity to Win: The Inside Story and Lessons of Barack Obama’s Historic Victory. It impressed that the book may be a bit of a Moneyball with a political twist: [...]
There was a fascinating article in this past Sunday’s New York Times Magazine about Bruce Bueno de Mesquita, a professor from New York University who believes he has a mathematical model that can predict whether or not Iran will develop a nuclear bomb: “For 29 years, Bueno de Mesquita has been developing and honing a [...]
