Comments on: Mockus: Smoked http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/05/30/mockus-smoked/ Interesting bits and pieces from all over Latin America Sat, 04 Sep 2010 18:37:03 +0000 hourly 1 By: Nathan Loizeaux http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/05/30/mockus-smoked/comment-page-1/#comment-419 Nathan Loizeaux Wed, 02 Jun 2010 12:24:16 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=881#comment-419 A shame...although, as you said, the fact that he did that well might force people to listen to his ideas. As far as personal experience goes, that's more or less what happened in my extended family after they started debating Green Party supporters. A shame…although, as you said, the fact that he did that well might force people to listen to his ideas. As far as personal experience goes, that’s more or less what happened in my extended family after they started debating Green Party supporters.

]]> By: Peter Krupa http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/05/30/mockus-smoked/comment-page-1/#comment-417 Peter Krupa Tue, 01 Jun 2010 13:17:07 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=881#comment-417 yeah, classic case of the urbanites having no idea what's going on in the rest of the country. I mean, just on the face of it, how do you do phone polls of people who don't have phones? people had been saying this for awhile, that Mockus' popularity was mostly urban. I guess now we know. Ciao, you weird Lithuanian atheist mathematician you. yeah, classic case of the urbanites having no idea what’s going on in the rest of the country. I mean, just on the face of it, how do you do phone polls of people who don’t have phones? people had been saying this for awhile, that Mockus’ popularity was mostly urban. I guess now we know. Ciao, you weird Lithuanian atheist mathematician you.

]]> By: Nathan Loizeaux http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/05/30/mockus-smoked/comment-page-1/#comment-416 Nathan Loizeaux Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:45:00 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=881#comment-416 I almost forgot - Whenao predicted a 20% of the vote for Mockus based on his analysis of the polling flaws. Dead on - or as dead on as you can be in the field of stats with a high margin of error. I almost forgot – Whenao predicted a 20% of the vote for Mockus based on his analysis of the polling flaws. Dead on – or as dead on as you can be in the field of stats with a high margin of error.

]]> By: Nathan Loizeaux http://www.latamdaily.com/2010/05/30/mockus-smoked/comment-page-1/#comment-415 Nathan Loizeaux Tue, 01 Jun 2010 04:37:04 +0000 http://www.latamdaily.com/?p=881#comment-415 The <i>Economist</i> article you list on the left has a few clues in its <a href="http://www.economist.com/node/16015299/comments" rel="nofollow">comments</a> section as to why the initial predictions were off. Look for Whenao's comment, I think third down, and then continue. If he's telling the truth, he's a statistician, and the methods for collecting the data for this election were quite weak. A direct link to his first comment is <a href="http://www.economist.com/comment/532472#comment-532472" rel="nofollow">here</a>. The Economist article you list on the left has a few clues in its comments section as to why the initial predictions were off. Look for Whenao’s comment, I think third down, and then continue. If he’s telling the truth, he’s a statistician, and the methods for collecting the data for this election were quite weak.

A direct link to his first comment is here.

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