Psephologist Course
This course provides hands-on training in election forecasting, poll analysis, and ethical communication of results.

from 4 to 360h flexible workload
valid certificate in your country
What will I learn?
The Psephologist Course equips you with practical tools to understand and predict elections confidently. You'll learn to gather and tidy official data, assess polls, correct for bias, and develop models for turnout and vote shares. Through practical exercises with electoral systems, seat distribution, scenarios, and uncertainty, you'll produce clear, ethical predictions and share results with any audience.
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Develop skills
- Build election forecasts: convert polls and historical data into clear, practical projections.
- Analyze voting patterns: divide electorates into segments and monitor swings across groups.
- Evaluate polls: identify bias, adjust weights, and measure sampling uncertainty.
- Simulate seat allocation: use PR formulas and quickly map votes to seats.
- Communicate results ethically: clearly report uncertainty, scenarios, and methods.
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