by Jeremy Loudenback Discussions of margin of error don’t typically generate full-throated cheers, even at USC. But most lectures don’t usually feature Nate Silver, the country’s most famous statistician, author, and founder of the popular political blog FiveThirtyEight.com. On Friday at Bovard Auditorium, Silver regaled the audience with his usual diverse Read more…
Nate Silver detailed his transformation from ordinary statistician to modern-day election soothsayer in front of a USC audience Sept. 20 as part of the Dennis F. and Brooks Holt Distinguished Lecture Series, offered by the USC Price School of Public Policy’s Bedrosian Center on Governance and the Public Enterprise. Silver Read more…
by Nathaniel Haas originally published by the Daily Trojan on September 22, 2013 Famed statistician Nate Silver spoke to students and faculty in Bovard Auditorium on Friday morning in a presentation titled “Baseball and Politics are Data Driven.” Silver’s presentation was the first in a yearlong series of events made Read more…
Holt Distinguished Lecture: A Morning with Nate Silver September 20, 2013 11:00am to 12:00pm Dennis F. and Brooks Holt Distinguished Lecture presents: NATE SILVER: Baseball and Politics are Data Driven Hosted by the USC Price Bedrosian Center on Governance Nate Silver, has become today’s leading statistician through his innovative analyses Read more…
Marc Sallinger for Neon Tommy reported on the recent Holt Lecture featuring statistician Nate Silver. Although Silver is an innovator leading the charge to change the world we live in, he is also very adamant on the negatives his work may portray. The social media revolution has caused vast amounts Read more…
Our upcoming Holt Lecture featuring Nate Silver was highlighted by LA Weekly! Being “America’s most popular statistician” sounds dubious, something like being “the smartest Jäger girl” or “the deepest Kardashian” — talk about damning with faint praise. But the odds have been in Nate Silver’s favor for quite some time. Read more…
by Jeremy Loudenback Here at Bedrosian Center headquarters, hearts and calculators are aflutter with the news that Nate Silver is paying the U.S.C. campus a visit on Friday as part of the Holt Distinguished Lecture series. Silver is the statistics wunderkind whose uncannily accurate political predictions as a New York Times blogger earned Read more…
NATE SILVER: Baseball and Politics are Data Driven. The Holt Lecture. Friday, September 20, 2013 from 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM Bovard Auditorium Nate Silver has become today’s leading statistician through his innovative analyses of political polling. He first gained national attention during the 2008 presidential election, when he correctly Read more…