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Did poor data use cripple Trump 2016? Google promotes girls’ careers in comp sci. (RBDR 10.24.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) ThinkVine’s Matt Nitzberg presents his perspective on self-inflicted damage done to Donald Trump from his coolness towards the use of data to drive his election campaign.

2) Google established the “Made with Code” website in 2014 to address the less-than-1% of U.S. high school girls who express interest in majoring in computer science in college. Read the original article by clicking here.

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SM data subbed for group qual data? Trump now embracing voter data. (RBDR 10.20.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) A point of view from a social media company executive that social media data can be substituted for focus group qualitative data. Read this full story by clicking here.

2) Members of the Donald Trump presidential campaign claim that they have changed their candidate’s attitude towards the use of data to identify pro-Trump voters and to drive them to voting booths on November 8th.

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Divided FL election poll data. Consumers don’t understand personal data’s use. (RBDR 10.04.2016)

RFL Associate Editor Chris Clow is sitting in today for an under-the-weather Bob Lederer.

Today on RBDR:

1) What happened when one pollster shared their raw data about the Florida election with four other pollsters? They did not reach the same numerical and sometimes other conclusions.

2) The seriousness of consumer privacy concerns is turned upside down by a poll that shows 92% don’t understand how their data is used by businesses.

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The 1 essential question for correct Election 2016 polling. (RBDR 09.09.2016)

Today on RBDR: What is wrong with polling? There are lots of theories after a plethora of messy polling projections from around the world in recent years. Now, The Hill has published a solution for the U.S. presidential election polling from PollyVote.com’s Andreas Graefe. He says accurate polling comes down to asking and collecting the answers to one question: who does each respondent expect to win?

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The ‘dark side’ of Fitbit. Survey expert challenged by Donald Trump. (RBDR 09.08.2016)

Today on RBDR:

1) There is a “dark side” to Fitbit, according to women who religiously wear it.

2) The conclusions of a survey expert in consumer perceptions about advertising is contested by Donald Trump’s lawyers in one of the Trump University lawsuits.

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