Information, incentives, and goals in election forecasts
Presidential elections can be forecast using information from political and economic conditions, polls, and a statistical model of changes in public opinion over time. However, these ``knowns'' about how to make a good presidential election forecast come with many unknowns due to the chall...
Main Authors: | Andrew Gelman, Jessica Hullman, Christopher Wlezien, George Elliott Morris |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Society for Judgment and Decision Making
2020-09-01
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Series: | Judgment and Decision Making |
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Online Access: | http://journal.sjdm.org/20/200907b/jdm200907b.pdf |
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