Hi everyone,

This Friday, January 27 at noon Eastern time, we will host a panel
discussion on polling and forecasting in the 2016 U.S. Presidential
election. Our focus will be on successes and failures in forecasting the
results of the primary and general election, and what we can learn from
this election about future forecasting activities and our substantive
understanding of presidential elections.

Our guests are:


   1. Natalie Jackson, Senior Polling Editor at the Huffington Post
   <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/author/natalie-jackson> and co-author of
   the 2016 Huffington Post Presidential Election Forecast </>.
   2. Alan Abramowitz, Alben W. Barkley Professor of Political Science at
   Emory University
   <http://polisci.emory.edu/home/people/faculty/abramowitz-alan.html> and
   creator of the "Time for Change"
   <https://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/11/upshot/voters-fears-about-trump-may-outweigh-wish-for-change.html?_r=0>
   presidential forecasting model.
   3. Hans Noel, Associate Professor of Political Science at Georgetown
   University <http://hansnoel.com/> and co-author of *The Party Decides:
   Presidential Nominations Before and After Reform. *
   4. Robert Stein, Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science at Rice
   University <https://politicalscience.rice.edu/Content.aspx?id=255>
and co-director
   of the Texas 2016 Presidential Election Survey
   <http://www.uh.edu/class/hobby/texas2016/> as well as numerous scholarly
   articles on voting methods and turnout
   <http://docs.politicalscience.rice.edu/SteinCV.pdf>.


To tune in to the presentation and participate in the discussion after the
talk, visit http://www.methods-colloquium.com/ and click "Watch Now!" on
the day of the talk. To register for the talk in advance, click here:

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https://riceuniversity.zoom.us/webinar/register/8f1dc17bfd503b637c24e00bf0acd2b8

The IMC uses Zoom, which is free to use for listeners and works on PCs,
Macs, and iOS and Android tablets and phones. You can be a part of the
talk from
anywhere around the world with access to the Internet. The presentation and
Q&A will last for a total of one hour.

I hope to see you there!

-JE

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Dr. Justin Esarey
Assistant Professor of Political Science
Rice University
Voice: (678) 383-9629
Fax: (713) 348-5273
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Web: www.justinesarey.com

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