FiveThirtyEight

The choice for Most Valuable Player in the NBA is only minimally about…

Using multiple polls as their source data, FiveThirtyEight is tracking approval and disapproval…

“Normal America.” I’m not sure what that means anymore, but at some point…

I think many of us can relate to this during the odd election…

As an introduction to a series on gun deaths in America, FiveThirtyEight uses…

R has found its way into a good number of news groups who…

FiveThirtyEight published their election forecast tracker this week, and it’s a beaut. It…

Sumo has a long history that goes back centuries. Unlike most things that…

Does your vote matter? Aaron Bycoffe and David Wasserman for FiveThirtyEight provide an…

Predictions for how NBA players will contribute to their teams, based on their own performance and history.

Science is hard. Statistics is hard. Proving cause and effect is hard.

Pennsylvania is considering the use of risk assessment — the chances that someone…

We usually see Census data in aggregate. It comes in choropleth maps or…

CompStat is a program that started in the New York Police Department, and…

Gertrude Weaver, 116 years old, was the oldest person in the world for…

Which NBA basketball team is the greatest ever? Instead of a circular debate…

Eric Benson for FiveThirtyEight delves into cattle theft, which can cost an owner…

Oliver Roeder for FiveThirtyEight covered this year’s American Crossword Puzzle Tournament and the…

March Madness starts this week in the states, which means it’s time for…

Flight arrival and departure times are often thought of in terms of “on…