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Modeling Victory — Part 2
Season 2 · Episode 132

Modeling Victory — Part 2

Scott Tranter on data science, polling, and modeling

Politicology

May 11, 202246m 40s

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Show Notes

In the second episode of this two part series, Øptimus co-founder and Data Science Director for Decision Desk HQ Scott Tranter joins Ron Steslow to talk about data science, polling, and modeling


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(00:59) The non-response bias and how data scientists must deal with it 


(02:55) The decrease in response rates over time


(10:47) Likely vs eligible voters in polls and how to predict who’s likely to vote


(15:55) Finding respondents to fill cohorts 


(28:05 ) Innovations in data science


(31:14) The numbers Scott is watching


My conversation with Mike Madrid about Latino Voting Trends: https://link.chtbl.com/CgkltIhG


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https://twitter.com/stranter


https://twitter.com/RonSteslow

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