Comments on: Newspoll Tuesday – Graphdump edition and new Pollytrack methodology http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/ Politics, elections and piffle plinking Sat, 24 Oct 2009 07:41:53 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: helen mc http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12394 helen mc Fri, 29 Aug 2008 02:01:13 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12394 Congratulations Poss, I see things have been going real well since the wedding! "Hello possums! Urban dwellers caught out as population explodes" http://www.domain.com.au/Public/Article.aspx?id=1219516358213&index=NationalIndex&headline=Hello%20possums!%20Urban%20dwellers%20caught%20out%20as%20population%20explodes&s_rid=smh:Homepage [<em>SorryHelen, you were hiding in the spam bin for a bit... Poss</em>] Congratulations Poss, I see things have been going real well since the wedding!
“Hello possums! Urban dwellers caught out as population explodes”
http://www.domain.com.au/Public/Article.aspx?id=1219516358213&index=NationalIndex&headline=Hello%20possums!%20Urban%20dwellers%20caught%20out%20as%20population%20explodes&s_rid=smh:Homepage

[SorryHelen, you were hiding in the spam bin for a bit... Poss]

]]> By: Bingo Bango Boingo http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12382 Bingo Bango Boingo Thu, 28 Aug 2008 05:00:37 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12382 I clicked the charts but they just got larger. BBB I clicked the charts but they just got larger.

BBB

]]> By: steve_e http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12381 steve_e Thu, 28 Aug 2008 02:45:16 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12381 Now that the Opposition has a strategy - OPPOSE EVERYTHING should we think about the only way to reduce the impasse in the Senate? I am feeling a Double Dissolution coming on. There is no way the ETS will get past the Libs/Nats in their current mood. Now that the Opposition has a strategy – OPPOSE EVERYTHING
should we think about the only way to reduce the impasse in the Senate?

I am feeling a Double Dissolution coming on.

There is no way the ETS will get past the Libs/Nats in their current mood.

]]> By: JP http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12377 JP Wed, 27 Aug 2008 06:46:37 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12377 Poss @ 10 It might be just me, but I'd find the swing/seats graph WAY easier to read with swing on the left axis, and seats on the right axis (after all, the number that you're most likely to want to read off is the most recent seats number on the right.) Also, you might be interested in any books you can find by Edward Tufte, an expert in displaying quantitative information. They're hideously expensive in Australia (much cheaper from Amazon), but libraries or wankier bookshops may have them. Worth a look, especially his first and best: http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi Poss @ 10

It might be just me, but I’d find the swing/seats graph WAY easier to read with swing on the left axis, and seats on the right axis (after all, the number that you’re most likely to want to read off is the most recent seats number on the right.)

Also, you might be interested in any books you can find by Edward Tufte, an expert in displaying quantitative information. They’re hideously expensive in Australia (much cheaper from Amazon), but libraries or wankier bookshops may have them. Worth a look, especially his first and best:
http://www.edwardtufte.com/tufte/books_vdqi

]]> By: Aristotle http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12376 Aristotle Wed, 27 Aug 2008 05:23:11 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12376 Nice work. Indeed the premier site. Well done. Nice work. Indeed the premier site. Well done.

]]> By: GrodsCorp http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12375 GrodsCorp Wed, 27 Aug 2008 00:59:29 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12375 [...] Original graph from Possums Pollytics [...] [...] Original graph from Possums Pollytics [...]

]]> By: Grog http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12374 Grog Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:41:28 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12374 Great graphs. The MOE bars should greatly assist the nervous! Great graphs. The MOE bars should greatly assist the nervous!

]]> By: Possum Comitatus http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12370 Possum Comitatus Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:35:52 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12370 Close David - 22 seats, The bars (seats) are read from the left, the TPP swing from the right. There might be a better way to do that chart though as it does get a bit difficult to read the bars - a situation that will only get worse as the number of bars increase over time. How about this, which shows the number of seats swinging on the chart itself? http://possumcomitatus.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pollytracktppswingstest1.png I'll fix up the grid lines so they all line up properly, but it's an option that makes it a little clearer. Close David – 22 seats, The bars (seats) are read from the left, the TPP swing from the right. There might be a better way to do that chart though as it does get a bit difficult to read the bars – a situation that will only get worse as the number of bars increase over time.

How about this, which shows the number of seats swinging on the chart itself?
http://possumcomitatus.files.wordpress.com/2008/08/pollytracktppswingstest1.png

I’ll fix up the grid lines so they all line up properly, but it’s an option that makes it a little clearer.

]]> By: David Richards http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12368 David Richards Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:42:09 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12368 Great stuff! So I take it that on the current figures, ALP would gain 22 seats if an election was held now? Even allowing for non-uniform results, it means that the Libs would have their gene pool reduced even further. It's shallow enough as it is, with all the inbreds like Tuckey and Minchin. Great stuff! So I take it that on the current figures, ALP would gain 22 seats if an election was held now? Even allowing for non-uniform results, it means that the Libs would have their gene pool reduced even further. It’s shallow enough as it is, with all the inbreds like Tuckey and Minchin.

]]> By: Just Me http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/2008/08/26/newspoll-tuesday-graphdump-edition-and-new-pollytrack-methodology/#comment-12366 Just Me Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:21:41 +0000 http://possumcomitatus.wordpress.com/?p=1158#comment-12366 The new style graphs (especially the first 11) are a model of clarity. Extremely easy to read. Keep it up. The new style graphs (especially the first 11) are a model of clarity. Extremely easy to read. Keep it up.

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