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In reply to the discussion: Gravis Marketing Exposed II. The Evisceration of Douglas Kaplan [View all]InsultComicDog
(1,209 posts)48. As far as Nate
I don't think, first of all, that he perceives himself to be, as you apparently want him to be, the "Good Housekeeping Seal of Approval for Polls". Nate seems to have a default weighting system for new pollsters that is increased or decreased over time. He also gives higher weight to newer polls than older ones. But I think he expects his model to deal with house effects, and he expects that over time he will weed out bad pollsters. I think the problem here is that the guy just shows up in August and whatever system Nate had in place does not anticipate someone just showing up this late out of the blue.
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DeVry was like the Roach Motel. Kaplan "entered" DeVry, but never checked out. nt
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#19
K&R. It's perfect. Pisses me off that the MSM used THAT poll to change the narrative of the race!
progressivebydesign
Oct 2012
#17
Gravis Marketing sounds like part of the plan to steal the election if you ask me. Probably has
silvershadow
Oct 2012
#20
More Info including his youtube account info where he "Likes" an Ayers hit piece form McCain in 2008
clownseven
Oct 2012
#26
Maybe so, but if you weren't shaken to the core by the testimony of "Cindy L of Oregon", then . . .
Major Hogwash
Oct 2012
#29
alerting. We don't want private medical information here, even if it is already on
grantcart
Oct 2012
#34
So clearly, any of the poll numbers affected by this are bullshit.
Waiting For Everyman
Oct 2012
#43
Nate's a big boy and when he signed the deal to sell his franchise to the NYT he knew
grantcart
Oct 2012
#54
If they give Pulitzer prizes for online political investigative journalism, you deserve it. n/t
Tom Rinaldo
Oct 2012
#50