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Beyond simply providing a point estimate of what will happen, Katz argues that the true value of prediction markets lie in their ability to visualize the depth of market doubt.
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Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The margin of error for whole-sample point estimates is approximately +/- 3 percent, larger for subsets.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
One vaccine may have a higher point estimate than another, but their confidence intervals may overlap.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021
This is because simply selecting a few point estimates and plugging them into the Drake Equation misrepresents the state of our knowledge.
—Liv Boeree, Vox, 3 July 2018
Moreover, at that point estimates were only down slightly from the start of the quarter, showing far less erosion than typically occurs.
—Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
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Jake Angelo, Fortune, 28 Jan. 2026
The margin of error for whole-sample point estimates is approximately +/- 3 percent, larger for subsets.
—Marybeth Gasman, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025
One vaccine may have a higher point estimate than another, but their confidence intervals may overlap.
—New York Times, 3 Mar. 2021
This is because simply selecting a few point estimates and plugging them into the Drake Equation misrepresents the state of our knowledge.
—Liv Boeree, Vox, 3 July 2018
Moreover, at that point estimates were only down slightly from the start of the quarter, showing far less erosion than typically occurs.
—Justin Lahart, WSJ, 3 Oct. 2017
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“Point estimate.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/point%20estimate. Accessed 4 Apr. 2026.
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