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	Psephology - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Psephology is a term for the statistical study of elections.
		Psephology uses compilations of precinct voting returns for elections going back some years, public opinion polls, campaign finance information and similar statistical data.
		The term was coined (from the Greek psephos, 'pebble', which the Greeks used as ballots) in the United Kingdom in 1952 by historian R.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Psephology (230 words)

	iqexpand.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Psephology is the statistical study of elections (from the ancient Greek psephos, 'pebble', which the Greeks used as ballots).
		Psephology uses compilations of precinct voting returns for elections going...
		PSEPHOLOGY: Research of voter and voter behavior Â»PsephologyÂ« is the international term for voter behavior.
	psephology.iqexpand.com /index.php?title=Recentchangeslinked&target=Psephology (327 words)

	Reference.com/Encyclopedia/Election
		Electoral reform describes work to introduce fair and democratic electoral systems where they are not in place, or to improve the fairness or effectiveness of existing systems.
		Psephology is the study of results and other statistics relating to elections (especially with a view to predicting future results).
		In theory, the authority of the government in democracies derives solely from the consent of the governed.
	www.reference.com /browse/wiki/Election (2140 words)

	The Telegraph - Calcutta : Opinion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Since the polls are extended over a fairly large period of time, they also have an opportunity to test their skills of statistical extrapolation.
		Psephology, a relatively new field in Indian social science, is thus developing side by side with the maturing of Indian democracy.
		The analysis of the pollsters based on the first round of polling is now available for the public.
	www.telegraphindia.com /1040426/asp/opinion/story_3172117.asp (351 words)

	psephology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Election matters â€“ and why psephology is sexyRadio Polonia, Poland - Mar 28, 2006...
		Much like the futility of predicting the voters' intentions through psephology and exit polls, I believe that the current tools used by various businesses to...
		Waiting for political maturityJamaica Gleaner, Jamaica - Mar 12, 2006Such reponses may not approach the semi-precision of psephology, the statistical study of voting behaviour as recorded by pollsters using sample surveys; but...
	www.33beat.com /psephology.html (210 words)

	Alex Strashny: More psephology lessons from election day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		In the end, it's possible that the previous election should have weight on the same order of magnitude as the typical pre-election polls.
		As far as I could tell, none of the psephology websites that I mentioned updated on election day.
		A good feature to have on a psephology website is to update the probability that each of the candidates wins as states are being called for each of them.
	alex.strashny.org /2004/11/more_psephology_lessons_from_election_day.html (819 words)

	Study election analysis! - Deccan Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The growing popularity and influence of psephology has been attributed to David Butler who has often been referred to as ‘the father of psephology’.
		Psephology is part of the Political Science course and there are no separate degrees or diplomas in this subject.
		If you feel Psephology may be an interesting career, to begin with, you can learn all about elections and electoral systems at http://election.exsugo.com/.
	www.deccanherald.com /deccanherald/mar032005/edu5.asp (478 words)

	British Politics - Aims and Scope (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		To this end, the journal aims to promote a more holistic understanding of British politics by encouraging a closer integration between theoretical and empirical research, between historical and contemporary analyses, and by fostering a conception of British politics as a broad and multi-disciplinary field of study.
		This incorporates a range of sub-fields, including psephology, policy analysis, regional studies, comparative politics, institutional analysis, political theory, political economy, historical analysis, cultural studies and social policy.
		While recognising the validity and the importance of research into specific aspects of British politics, the journal takes it to be a guiding principle that such research is more useful, and indeed meaningful, if it is related to the field of British politics in a broader and fuller sense.
	www.palgrave-journals.com /bp/scope.html (257 words)

	Wordcraft Archives, November 2004
		In it, they identified the "Dayton housewife" and her concerns about social issues as the key to understanding the American electorate and winning elections.
		There has been a revolution in the cutthroat world of psephology: the Conservatives have dumped their pollsters for giving too rosy a picture of the party's fortunes.
		Psephology, the science of voting prediction, has suffered serious embarrassments in the past.
	wordcraft.infopop.cc /Archives/2004-11-Nov.htm (5767 words)

	Mailbag
		Viewed in its entirety, the whole thing seems like a big show and in terms of content and knowledge it is nothing but just that big show.
		It does not educate the viewers on actual situation as TV channels are rather too impatient to wait for the actual situation to emerge, nor does it reflect any voting Pattern which can only be discussed after the counting of votes has made some progress and the pattern has started crystalising itself.
		Perhaps this psephology show is modelled on Gallop polls of the US.
	www.dailyexcelsior.com /web1/03dec07/mail.htm (727 words)

	Psephology - Marketing Research Roundtable
		The "science" of PSEPHOLOGY is fast gaining "ground" across the globe.
		In doing a quick search for colleges that offer degrees in Psephology, it seems to me that it's like going to a baseball game and asking "where are the keys to the batter's box?" or "go ask the manager where he keeps his box of foul balls".
		Anyone who has done any kind of polling of the electorate has pretty much 'earned their degree' in Psephology.
	forum.researchinfo.com /showthread.php?t=962 (634 words)

	psephology - OneLook Dictionary Search
		Tip: Click on the first link on a line below to go directly to a page where "psephology" is defined.
		psephology : The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language [home, info]
		psephology : The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words [home, info]
	www.onelook.com /?w=psephology (167 words)

	VIEW<BR>Pros and cons of opinion polls: They're often 'Right', Even when Wrong- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The 'record' of Indian psephology is not as bad as many believe.
		Starting with the first ever countrywide survey carried out by a leading news magazine â” which accurately forecast a dramatic comeback for Mrs G â” the 'successes' of Indian psephology have been many.
		Even assuming this isn't the case, the accuracy or otherwise of prediction alone cannot be a sufficient reason for denying psephology the status of science.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /cms.dll/html/uncomp/articleshow?msid=116901 (378 words)

	Psephology - Psephology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		We have compiled many new Psephology resources to help you find the Psephology your looking for.
		For your convenience, we've gathered hundreds of Web Sites Offering information about "psephology" and ranked them according to relevancy.
		Read about psephology in the free online encyclopedia and dictionary.
	register.clubblogs.com /Psephology (211 words)

	Poll Pundit- The Times of India (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		As far as I know there is no university in India or abroad that offers a course in this.
		The apparent fl magic of psephology is nothing but a branch of applied political analysis.
		Poll surveys were only a field of interest until 1989.
	timesofindia.indiatimes.com /articleshow/msid-564244,prtpage-1.cms (717 words)

	Alex Strashny: Popular psephology: lessons from the 2004 U.S. Presidential election (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Alex Strashny: Popular psephology: lessons from the 2004 U.S. Presidential election
		If you know of any, drop me a line.
		Popular psephology: lessons from the 2004 U.S. Presidential election
	alex.strashny.org /2004/10/popular_psephology_lessons_from_the_2004_us_presidential_election.html (1272 words)

	A.Word.A.Day--Today's Word
		"The science of interpreting elections has a fancy name: psephology.
		There is no such thing as psephology on Oscar night." Peter Bradshaw; Oscars 2003: This Hypnotic Spectacle; The Guardian (London, UK); Mar 21, 2003.
		In a time of drastic change it is the learners who inherit the future.
	www.wordsmith.org /words/psephology.html (235 words)

	The Great Indian Voter - NDTV.com - News on The Great Indian Voter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Behari Vajpayee will come back as prime minister for a remarkable fourth time, but clearly the NDA will not match Virender Sehwag’s record breaking triple century.
		In the last month, something far more robust and engaging than psephology has happened: the best way to describe it is to see it as the arrival of the Indian voter as a politically conscious individual.
		Sure, the Indian voter in the past too has shown the ability to use his franchise as an empowering weapon.
	www.ndtv.com /columns/showcolumns.asp?id=940&template=polls2004 (8079 words)

	Bee for literacy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Three members of the faculty at the South Plains College Lubbock campus put their heads together to come up with the correct spelling of ''psephology'' and captured the first-place prize at a Corporate Spelling Bee on Tuesday night.
		When the UMC team left out one of the t's in rickettsial, South Plains College faculty member Beth Glass stepped up to the mike and spelled the word correctly.
		But to win the bee, the team had to spell one more word correctly - psephology.
	www.lubbockonline.com /news/021297/beefor.htm (281 words)

	The Tribune, Chandigarh, India - Nation
		For the first time during the election campaign, Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee today kept himself off Pakistan bashing and instead asked the voters in Uttar Pradesh to strengthen his hands at the Centre by voting for the BJP.
		The Congress today dismissed the exit poll predictions in four states saying that “psephology in India is as unreliable as Murli Manohar Joshi’s astrology”.
		We are also saying about inexactitude of the science of psephology in the Indian social context.
	www.tribuneindia.com /2002/20020216/nation.htm (4511 words)

	The Opposition's silence, a new-look IOU
		f he'd stuck to psephology instead of venturing into television, NDTV chief Prannoy Roy's real worry today wouldn't be Rupert Murdoch's attempts to get into the Indian market, it would be what's happening to the Index of Opposition Unity (IOU) concept that he pioneered in the '80s.
		It would be interesting to know how Prannoy would tweak his model to reflect this new reality if he was practicing his psephology today.
		When it comes to protesting against the government's moves on vital economic matters, the Congress' record is even more pathetic.
	www.rediff.com /money/2003/aug/18guest1.htm (649 words)

	Election matters – and why psephology is sexy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
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	www.coffeedaily.it /pages_1882113.html (117 words)

	European News Review: Polish Election matters - and why psephology is sexy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		European News Review: Polish Election matters - and why psephology is sexy
		Polish Election matters - and why psephology is sexy
		Parliament will be voting in the first week of April on whether to have another general election - only nine months after the last one.
	www.masterpage.com.pl /enr/2006/03/polish-election-matters-and-why.html (101 words)

	Psephology etc.
		I'll continue analyzing this example election in a future post.
		(Anyway, psephology is the study of elections, as I found out when looking up another word in a dictionary.
		I study voting systems and the effects of strategic voting, so I like to call myself a psephologist.)
	psephologist.blogspot.com (1217 words)

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		-Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, German philosopher (1844-1900) psephology (see-FOL-uh-jee) noun The study of political elections.
		having signed up to the principle of consent Unionists will give way when psephology rules they are no longer a majority in their Province, as seems likely by 2015 on most calculations.
		Paul Stewart, The Good Friday agreement, Capital & Class, Oct 1, 1999.
	www.wordsmith.org /awad/archives/0400 (3114 words)

	Marketing Research Roundtable - Psephology
		Can we discuss various methods / theories / models etc. which in turn could help evolve this new "science" ?
		03-02-2005 04:47 PM In doing a quick search for colleges that offer degrees in Psephology, it seems to me that it's like going to a baseball game and asking "where are the keys to the batter's box?" or "go ask the manager where he keeps his box of foul balls".
		You might just see colleges offering SEO coursework as part of a specialization in online marketing.
	forum.researchinfo.com /printthread.php?t=962 (624 words)

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