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The University of Southampton
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute

Getting it right on election night Seminar

Date:
21 January 2010
Venue:
Building 54 (maths) Lecture Theatre 4A

For more information regarding this seminar, please email Mrs Jane Revell at j.revell@southampton.ac.uk .

Event details

Special seminar

On the day of the UK General Election in May 2005, broadcasters were able to predict the Labour majority of 66 seats, even before any votes had been counted. In this talk some of the statistical methods behind that prediction will be described.

Speaker information

Professor David Firth , University of Warwick. Department of Statistics

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