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