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    E o Nate Silver, com seu método, deu altíssima probabilidade do
    Brasil sagra-se campeão na Copa da FIFA. Por que não se menciona
    isso aqui? Apenas a vez em que ele acertou os resultados de eleições
    em muitos estados americanos é citada? Como diz o (este sim grande)
    Nassim Taleb, trata-se de um "vício de seleção" - o povo acredita em
    "fatos que 'comprovem' suas prévias crenças". Bem ao contrário do
    método científico, que busca desprovar hipóteses. Pode ser que este
    problema afete igualmente cientistas desta lista?<br>
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    Abs<br>
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    Zé Carvalho<br>
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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 09/22/2014 08:35 AM, Raphael
      Nishimura wrote:<br>
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        <div><span>Concordo com o Neale e o Marcelo: dizer que Marina
            tem 58% de chance de vitória é diferente de dizer que ela
            vai ganhar a eleição. Ou seja, como todos sabemos, se ela
            não ganhar, não quer dizer que o Neale errou, pois existia
            uma probabilidade de 42% de ela não ganhar. </span></div>
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          transparent;"><span>Mas, simetricamente, se ela ganhar, o
            Neale também não poderá afirmar que ele acertou, certo?</span></div>
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          transparent;"><span>Só estou levantando esse ponto porque Nate
            Silver, em quem Neale aparentemente se inspirou, fez fama
            nas eleições de 2012 nos EUA justamente por "prever
            corretamente" nos 50 estados e distrito de Colúmbia o
            vencedor. E o "prever corretamente" foi interpretado
            justamente como tendo o candidato efetivamente vencedor na
            eleição daquele estado como aquele que o modelo dele
            apontava ter probabilidade maior que 50% de vencer naquele
            estado. </span></div>
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          Um abraço,</div>
        <div class="qtdSeparateBR">Raphael</div>
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              <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> Em Domingo,
                  21 de Setembro de 2014 17:15, Marcelo L. Arruda
                  <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:mlarruda@terra.com.br"><mlarruda@terra.com.br></a> escreveu:<br>
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                    <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Esse é um problema
                        sério com que freqüentemente lido no Chance de
                        Gol.</font></div>
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                    <div><font face="Arial" size="2">    Para os
                        estatísticos, o significado de "prever" pode ser
                        longamente discutido e não vou abrir essa
                        discussão agora.</font></div>
                    <div><font face="Arial" size="2">    Para o "povão",
                        porém, "prever" significa cravar antecipadamente
                        algo que vai acontecer, ou seja, "adivinhar",
                        "profetizar", "vaticinar"! E aí sempre cabe a
                        observação (nem sempre apreendida pelo
                        interlocutor) de que 58% de probablidade de
                        vitória de X não é o mesmo que afirmar
                        categoricamente que X VAI GANHAR!</font></div>
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                    <div><font face="Arial" size="2">Marcelo</font></div>
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                        Original Message ----- </div>
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                        background: rgb(228, 228, 228);"><b>From:</b> <a
                          moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
                          shape="rect" title="lpbraga@geologia.ufrj.br"
                          ymailto="mailto:lpbraga@geologia.ufrj.br"
                          target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">Luis
                          Paulo Braga</a> </div>
                      <div style="font-style: normal; font-variant:
                        normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 10pt;
                        line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><b>To:</b>
                        <a moz-do-not-send="true" rel="nofollow"
                          shape="rect" title="neale.eldash@gmail.com"
                          ymailto="mailto:neale.eldash@gmail.com"
                          target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">Neale
                          El-Dash</a> ; <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                          rel="nofollow" shape="rect"
                          title="abe-l@ime.usp.br"
                          ymailto="mailto:abe-l@ime.usp.br"
                          target="_blank" class="removed-link" href="">Lista
                          da ABE</a> </div>
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                        line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Sent:</b>
                        Sunday, September 21, 2014 4:44 PM</div>
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                        line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><b>Subject:</b>
                        Re: [ABE-L] Neale E-Dash prevê vitória de Marina</div>
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                      <div dir="ltr">Qual o significado do verbo prever?
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                          <div class="yiv9306722993gmail_quote">Em 21 de
                            setembro de 2014 10:59, Neale El-Dash <span
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                              <div dir="ltr">Olá Luis, obrigado por
                                postar a "mini" reportagem.
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                                <div>Só um comentário: 58% de chance de
                                  vitoria é diferente de prever
                                  vitória! </div>
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                                <div>Abraço</div>
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                                <div class="yiv9306722993gmail_quote">Em
                                  21 de setembro de 2014 10:53, Luis
                                  Paulo Braga <span dir="ltr"><<a
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                                        <div dir="ltr">Veja
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                                                das pesquisas</b></div>
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                                                style="FONT-SIZE:14px;">Desde
                                                que Marina Silva entrou
                                                na disputa eleitoral, já
                                                foram divulgadas 33
                                                pesquisas registradas na
                                                Justiça Eleitoral, de
                                                cinco institutos. Esses
                                                levantamentos mostram o
                                                que os analistas chamam
                                                de uma "fotografia do
                                                momento", mas dizem
                                                pouco sobre o que pode
                                                acontecer no futuro.
                                                Para tentar apontar as
                                                chances de vitória de
                                                cada candidato, o
                                                estatístico Neale
                                                El-Dash, ex-diretor de
                                                pesquisas do instituto
                                                Ipsos nos Estados
                                                Unidos, adaptou para o
                                                Brasil o método
                                                utilizado pelo
                                                matemático americano
                                                Nate Silver na eleição
                                                de 2012, quando ele
                                                acertou os resultados em
                                                todos os cinquenta
                                                estados americanos.</span></div>
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                                              Verdana; color: rgb(0, 0,
                                              0); font-size: 12px;
                                              background-repeat:
                                              no-repeat;">Por meio do
                                              cruzamento dessas 33
                                              pesquisas, inclusive a do
                                              Datafolha divulgada na
                                              sexta-feira passada, o
                                              estatístico fez 15000
                                              simulações em um programa
                                              de computador que
                                              permitiram chegar aos
                                              cenários com maior
                                              probabilidade de se
                                              concretizar. O trabalho
                                              mostrou que Marina tem 58%
                                              de possibilidade de vencer
                                              a disputa pela Presidência
                                              da República, contra 41%
                                              de Dilma Rousseff e 1% de
                                              Aécio Neves. A pesquisa de
                                              El-Dash deu pesos
                                              diferentes a cada
                                              levantamento, a partir de
                                              variáveis que abrangeram
                                              desde o tamanho da amostra
                                              utilizada até o histórico
                                              de aceitos de cada
                                              instituto. À medida que se
                                              aproxima a data da
                                              eleição, também muda, por
                                              exemplo, a influência da
                                              margem de erro dos
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                                  There are two routes to success in
                                  soccer. One is being good. The other
                                  is being lucky. You need both to win a
                                  championship. But you only need one to
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