Comments for Ken Farmer Consulting http://kenfarmerconsulting.com Bridging the gap between business and technology Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:25:34 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 Comment on Landline Blues by Chris Harris http://kenfarmerconsulting.com/2008/09/business/landline-blues/comment-page-1/#comment-6050 Chris Harris Wed, 01 Oct 2008 18:25:34 +0000 http://kenfarmerconsulting.com/?p=225#comment-6050 Hey Ken - I think political futures markets are the way to go. Check out the Iowa Electronic Markets here: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/markets/. The current presidential race results can be found here: http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08_WTA.cfm. They're surprisingly accurate http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/media/accuracy.html, and aren't nearly as sensitive to selection bias as polls are. Hey Ken -

I think political futures markets are the way to go. Check out the Iowa Electronic Markets here: http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/markets/. The current presidential race results can be found here: http://iemweb.biz.uiowa.edu/graphs/graph_Pres08_WTA.cfm.

They’re surprisingly accurate http://www.biz.uiowa.edu/iem/media/accuracy.html, and aren’t nearly as sensitive to selection bias as polls are.

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