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Re: boodlebing post# 9541

Thursday, 10/21/2010 3:35:45 PM

Thursday, October 21, 2010 3:35:45 PM

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nice find, check out this chart...

the political statistician Nate Silver calls it the "Broadus Effect"


folks are more comfortable expressing their support with the automated polls rather than live human polls. See here for more of Silver's analysis:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2010/07/broadus-effect-social-desirability-bias.html

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