#ProbabilitySampling SAMPLES THAT ALLOW SCIENTIFIC INFERENCES.

More than 800 signatories call for the entire concept of statistical significance to be abandoned. go.nature.com/2TTNRRZ

Opening analysis from Sir John Curtice by asking two key questions: How have voters reacted to Brexit process? Has #EUref and Brexit process polarised public opinion? #BrexitWhatBritainThinks

New post: Why you should be wary of agree/disagree statements bit.ly/2uHEGVW

'Policy in Practice Index 'identifies Enfield Barnet Camden and Sutton as ‘poverty hotspots’ with highest % of families in dire financial straits.. data suggests much hardship is driven by rising PRS rents. In Enfield, 47% of low income families rent privately, and 45% in Barnet'

The Telegraph leads on a poll with a sample size of 25.

My latest article for Significance applies David Graeber's fascinating bullshit jobs categorisation to statistics and data science rss.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.11… #bullshitjobs #datascience #statistics

Matt Singh CapX For sample to be "representative" of the population it is very important to have sampling frame where every eligible voter aged18+ in GB have a chance of being selected in the sample.Opt-in sampling frames i.e. population of volunteers used to select samples for online surveys 1/

Different methods, similar outcome: comparing the Poll of Polls with MRP #GE2019 #MRP #ElectionPolls2019 blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol…

The Telegraph 12/12/2019 - MATT Cartoons #GE2019 # #pollingmethodology #surveysampling #matt

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Testing the 'wisdom of the crowds' argument: local opinion in the 43 ‘Red Wall’ constituencies that Labour lost blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpol… via LSE British Politics and Policy

Interesting. Casedemic: How governments are playing with numbers youtu.be/ah1ADk2r2Jg via YouTube

The main data from the ONS infection survey didn't exaggerate the case for lockdown.

On 1st April 2021 ESTABLISHMENT OF SINGLE TIER OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN NORTHAMPTONSHIRE (a) the County of Northamptonshire is abolished as a local government area (b) the county council is wound up and dissolved

Are the days of the traditional census coming to an end? Don't be surprised if not, writes our CEO Guy Goodwin (@GuyNatCen) in a new piece for Research-live.com "The census is dead, long live the census!" research-live.com/article/opinio… #Census2021

Excellent news! Source: ONS #Census2021 #ResponseRates

Did you know: Asian hornets are a non-native invasive predator that can eat up to 50 #honeybees a day! You can help stop the spread. If you see an Asian hornet, report your sighting using BBKA Asian Hornet Watch app. bbka.org.uk/Listing/Catego… #BeesNeeds

Climate spiral The visualization presents monthly global temperature anomalies between the years 1880-2021. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/4975#.Yi8Su6pF…

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