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Nate Silver, the founder of 538, first came into the wider public's eye in 2008 presidential election when he predicted the presidential election winner of 49 of the 50 states and all 35 U.S. Senate races that year. That is when I became a regular follower. I was aware of him before that though as he was pretty well known in baseball circles for the development of PECOTA (Player Empirical Comparison and Optimization Test Algorithm) which is a sabermetric system for forecasting Major League Baseball player performance.
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someguyfromcanada · 3370 days ago · link ·
Just downloaded it. Don't know why I hadn't before.