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5 unusual facts about Nate Silver


Bobby Bright

After the defection of fellow Alabama Democrat Parker Griffith to the Republican Party in December 2009, political analyst and statistician Nate Silver suggested that Bright could follow, naming "60/40" odds that he would eventually join the Republican caucus as well.

Google Consumer Surveys

According to New York Times blogger and statistician Nate Silver, the Google consumer surveys' election polls were ranked second in terms of reliability and lack of bias in predicting election results.

Neifi Pérez

Nate Silver, a baseball statistician who analyzed Pérez's statistics (specifically value over replacement player (VORP)), concluded that Pérez had a negative impact on the teams he played for.

Similarity score

Baseball Prospectus employs a projection system developed by Nate Silver known as PECOTA which applies nearest neighbor analysis to calculate similarities between players from different eras.

United States House of Representatives election in South Dakota, 2010

On October 24, 2010, Nate Silver of the FiveThirtyEight.com New York Times blog predicted that there was a 77.5% chance that Noem would defeat Sandlin.



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