The election is coming. FiveThirtyEight just launched their forecast with a look at…
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FiveThirtyEight launches 2020 election forecast
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Where unemployment benefits are higher than lost wages
Economists at the University of Chicago analyzed unemployment benefits from the CARES act…
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Comparing Covid-19 models
FiveThirtyEight compared six Covid-19 models for a sense of where we might be…
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Challenges of making a reliable Covid-19 model
Fatalities from Covid-19 range from the hundreds of thousands to the millions. Nobody…
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Super Tuesday simulator
With Super Tuesday on the way, there’s still a lot of uncertainty for…
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FiveThirtyEight launches new NBA metric for predictions
FiveThirtyEight has been predicting NBA games for a few years now, based on…
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New abortion restrictions by state, since 2011
For FiveThirtyEight, Amelia Thomson-DeVeaux and Gus Wezerek categorized and mapped new abortion restrictions…
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Mapping politically polarized cities
Rachael Dottle, for FiveThirtyEight, looked for political differences in cities and ranked them,…
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Playing the odds for record-breaking Jeopardy! wins
James Holzhauer is the new hotness on Jeopardy! with Daily Double hunting, big…
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FiveThirtyEight evaluates their forecasts
FiveThirtyEight uses forecasts to attach probabilities to politics and sports, and they get…
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How to spot a partisan gerrymander
For FiveThirtyEight, William T. Adler and Ella Koeze describe how a metric called…
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Personality quiz with traits on a spectrum
Ah, the online personality quiz, oh how I missed you. Oh wait, this…
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Unreliable gun data from the CDC
FiveThirtyEight and The Trace investigate the uncertainty and accuracy of gun injury data…
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2018 House forecast from FiveThirtyEight
Ever since the huge forecasting upset in 2016, I’ve tended to stay away…
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LeBron James legacy versus championship-winning
LeBron James decides where he takes his talents this summer, and the sports…
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Counting the times Kevin Durant’s shoe came off during games
This is what happens when there is a lull during the basketball playoff…
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Umpire strike zone changes to finish games earlier
When watching baseball on television, we get the benefit of seeing whether a…
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FiveThirtyEight datasets available for download
If you’re looking for some data to play with, FiveThirtyEight just made it…
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Redistricting the congressional map with different goals
FiveThirtyEight asks, “There’s a lot of complaining about gerrymandering, but what should districts…
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Life expectancy by state, against the US average
FiveThirtyEight continues their look at mortality by geography. This graphic by Anna Maria…