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Scott Yeskie

Politico to mine Facebook for insight into voter sentiments - 1 views

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    Facebook mentions over time of different candidates. Also shows how this is not representative sample of voters
Joe Cassiere

Weather Talk: Super Bowl city's probability of snow inaccurate in stories - 0 views

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    This uses empirical probability, since although it isn't cited, it presumably uses data to assess the probability
Paolo Fu

Social Game Cheaters More Likely to Cheat in Real Life, Finds Study - IndustryGamers - 0 views

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    This is empirical because it uses data from 1200 adults in two different areas. Though it might be subjective because not everyone tells the truth about cheating at anything
Anurag Bose

probability - 1 views

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    65% probability of another recession occuring in the next few months
Scott Yeskie

Big Tokyo earthquake likely 'within the next few years' - 0 views

shared by Scott Yeskie on 03 Feb 12 - No Cached
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    75% #probability in next 4 years of magnitude 7+ quake --------------------------------- Says based on data gathered, so presumably run through some sort of simulation and determined that way. Even though a priori, I think closest to an empirical treatment of probability.
zachary sanicola

There's A 82% Chance That California's Public Pension System Will Run Out Of Money - 1 views

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    I believe it's empirical because of the calculations done
Natalie Thoni

Possible link between anesthesia exposure and ADHD in young children | Fox News - 0 views

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    I think this would be empirical because they use previous cases to determine probability of developing ADHD.
Irene Hukkelhoven

Eating Red Meat May Boost Death Risk - 2 views

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    More than 500,000 men and women between the age of 50 and 71 participated in this 10-year study that concludes that 11% of deaths in men and 16% of deaths in women could have been prevented if participants cut their red meat consumption. [The study was published 3 years ago, but it's still interesting]. Mostly empirical, though also a bit subjective.
chrisbutsch

'High Probability' of Aviation Cyber Attack - 3 views

Subjective- based on experts' opinions, not facts

probability

Tara Welytok

Study Finds Virus to Be Fast Learner on Infecting - NYTimes.com - 0 views

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    probability: empirical since it is based on an experiment
Seth Friedman

114-Year-Old Attributes Longevity to Sheer Random Chance | The Onion - America's Finest... - 0 views

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    McCreeley seems to invoke the axiomatic notion of probability, but her view is likely much more subjective.
Nithin Kumar

College Attendance Decreases Chances for Marriage - 1 views

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    This is an example of empirical probability since researchers followed a sample of 3200 Americans from adolescence into adulthood.
Violetta Vylegzhanina

Pythons linked to Florida Everglades mammal decline - 2 views

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    Non-native Burmese pythons introduced to Florida 30 years ago are likely causing mammal decline in the area (the probabilities presented in the article are subjective).
Seth Friedman

PS Vita: 'Price-Cut Essential To Stimulate Sales' - Analyst - NowGamer - 0 views

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    Discusses the likelihood of Sony selling 12.4 million PS Vita units.
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