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Old 01-25-2008, 03:25 AM   #4
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Originally Posted by Cali Coug View Post
I like it because it assembles so many polls in one easy to find place.

I am a bit confused, though, as to why the RCP average (which is just an average of certain polls- I don't even know how they pick the polls to average) is taken so seriously.

There is no statistical reason why the average of all of the polls should be more accurate than any individual poll. So what gives?
Sure there's a statistical reason an average of polls is more accurate than an individual poll.

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