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Oct 28 2008

Statistics Is Not Simple Math, And Opinion Polls Are Statistically Dodgy

When NASA or the DoD need to track a satellite we use multiple parallel models to account for gravity, solar pressure, the height and drag of the atmosphere (what little there is at orbital altitudes) and a variety of other models. We update the measurements in all these factors and run statistical models, weighting newer […]

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