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GENK, BELGIUM - NOVEMBER 28: Angelo Preciado of KRC Genk battles for the ball with Noa Lang of Club Brugge during the Jupiler Pro League match between KRC Genk and Club Brugge at Cegeka Arena on November 28, 2021 in Genk, Belgium (Photo by Joris Verwijst/BSR Agency/Getty Images)

Football matches in top European leagues are becoming more predictable

15 December 2021

Computer predictions for the outcome of European football matches over a 26-year period become more accurate in recent years
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What is MRP and can it predict the result of the UK general election?

27 November 2019

A statistical technique called multi-level regression and post-stratification (MRP) correctly predicted the last UK election when other polls failed. This is how it works

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