Tag: Kirk Goldsberry

  • Nation & World

    One election winner: the pollsters

    It’s debatable whether the midterm elections delivered a demonstrably better night for Democrats than Republicans. But it was inarguably a big win for pollsters, says FiveThirtyEight founder Nate Silver at Harvard’s Political Analytics Conference.

    4 minutes
    Moderator Kirk Goldsberry and panelists Nate Cohn and Amanda Cox.
  • Nation & World

    The puzzle in politics and polling

    Don’t blame data analytics for Trump’s unexpected victory, Nate Silver says, blame political reporting’s conventional wisdom.

    14 minutes
  • Nation & World

    The puzzles for pollsters

    Harvard hosted the first-ever conference featuring thought leaders at the intersection of politics and data analytics to assess the 2016 election and challenges facing this emerging field.

    4 minutes
  • Nation & World

    Bringing order to the court

    New Harvard research points to a sharper method for evaluating basketball players.

    4 minutes