#Skewed

1) How much were the polls skewed toward Democrats in 2016? This compares final Real Clear Politics averages against results for 11 Battleground States of NC, FL, AZ, MN, WI,
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Every single measure of this pandemic is an undercount. Every. Single. One.Confirmed cases? Skewed by lack of testing.Hospitalizations? Skewed by huge # of sick people we are sending home because
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Hey @jack! It might be time to consider that old adages contain centuries-old WISDOM.#1 - "Knowledge itself is power". - Sir Frances Bacon #2 – Why do you think your
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"Why the high crime rate in Kerala is a positive thing."2014 video from Aamir Khans' Satyamev Jayate. Narrated by Jacob Punnoose (ex-DGP of Kerala)Watch and learn, Anand Ranganathan. Sweden and
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knowing more details, or being more personally connected with a thing, means you understand it betterhttps://twitter.com/sonyasupposedly/status/1296946516469284864 Knowing more details often means knowing a skewed set of details and gives y
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70% supported Self ID "However, officials believe the results were skewed by responses generated by trans rights groups."So, a consultation on trans rights was "skewed" by responses from people who
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I was sent a copy of the so-called Super League document earlier today and have spent the afternoon doing some number crunching on it.A few key takeaways(1/) The plan would
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Volatility skew implies gains are more likely than losses.You have two hours. Thank you to 1,000 respondents for tolerating this strange, ambiguous poll.There's a theoretical problem here. In the case
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A THREAD ON THE COSTS OF DIRECT HOUSING BUILD IN DUBLIN CITY (bear with me...).Last week the @IrishTimes ran an article effectively indicating that local councils can build social housing
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I've realized that cat photos are more popular than posts about my research, so let's try to combine the two:our upcoming OSDI paper, Pegasus, explained through photos of our cats
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This is the most bizarre piece to come out of @CanadaPIAC in at least a couple weeks:Public Interest Advocacy Centre » Buying Speed? What Canadians Pay for Broadband: Part 1
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This addresses this sense from the learners that there is some magic money drawer in the options markets that opens when you understand options theory. Spoiler: there isn't. Options allow
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Maybe this is because 100% of my days are sick days, but, five days’ annual sick (OR carer’s - don’t get sick, carers!) leave seems ... impossibly low?Is it? Or
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Employers who "take a chance" on young people with potential ... blessing! Alot of young people never make it pass the interview stage (not because they're incompetent but, maybe, they
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France is seriously a peculiar liberal outlier. There is no freedom in any society that is absolute, otherwise it backfires and descends into despotism. The French government, and its history,
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We know what films have made the most money, but it’s harder to be 100% sure of which films are actually seen by the most people, thanks to varying ticket
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