S3RI Special Seminar "Getting it right on election night"
S3RI special seminar at the University of Southampton in the New Year. Directions and a map can be found at: http://www.southampton.ac.uk/about/whereissoton/index.html
SPECIAL SEMINAR
Thursday 21st January at 4pm in the Maths Building (Highfield Campus, building 54) room 4A, followed by a drinks reception
Professor David Firth (University of Warwick)
"Getting it right on election night"
ABSTRACT
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.
Location:
Southamptom
Date:
21 January 2010 - 4:00pm
Organiser:
Southampton Statistical Sciences Research Institute (S3RI)
