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Nate Silver
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He is one of the world's most renowned statisticians, having gained prominence for his innovative analyses of political data. During the 2008 presidential elections, he correctly predicted the results of the primaries and the presidential winner in 49 states. In 2012, he repeated the feat for 50 of the 50 states.
He is considered a pioneer of the new field of data journalism with his website FiveThirtyEight. In partnership with ABC News, Nate Silver and FiveThirtyEight have contributed to election coverage by continuing to apply statistical probability models to areas such as sports or science.
He is the author of the book «The Signal and The Noise: The Art and Science of Prediction», which made The New York Times best seller list.

Last updated: January 2022
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