Psephologist Course
This course provides hands-on training in election forecasting, data analysis, and ethical communication of political predictions.

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