The Reading Local Group of the Royal Statistical Society presents an evening meeting on
"Data, Politics and Polling"
30th September 2015
19:00-21:00
Room 3, RISC cafe, 35-39 London Street, Reading, RG1 4PS
http://www.statslife.org.uk/events/eventdetail/496/-/data-politics-and-polling
The venue has a bar available for refreshments.
Directions:
See http://www.risc.org.uk/contact
Speakers and abstracts (further details to follow)
Rob White
Green Party candidate for Reading East in 2015 General Election
Rob will be talking about how politicians interpret election polling and their impact on a candidate's campaign.
Dr Stephen Fisher
Associate Professor in Political Sociology at Trinity College Oxford and member of BBC General Election exit poll team
Title: Election forecasting and exit polling: 2015 and beyond
Abstract: This talk will outline the methodologies for and discuss the experiences of a variety of pre-election forecasts for the 2015 UK general election, including the exit poll. Potential lessons for the future and new challenges ahead, including the referendum on EU membership, will also be reviewed.
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