Football forecasting - harnessing the power of the crowd

Madsen, Jens ORCID: 0000-0003-2405-8496 (2025) Football forecasting - harnessing the power of the crowd. LSE European Politics and Policy (EUROPP) blog (29 May 2025). Blog Entry.

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Abstract

Can the wisdom of the crowds predict football results? New research from Jens Koed Madsen finds that asking a group of people to guess the outcomes of football matches can produce surprisingly accurate predictions.

Item Type:	Online resource (Blog Entry)
Official URL:	https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/europpblog/
Additional Information:	© 2025 The Author
Divisions:	Psychological and Behavioural Science
Subjects:	B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BF Psychology G Geography. Anthropology. Recreation > GV Recreation Leisure
Date Deposited:	18 Jun 2025 17:03
Last Modified:	18 Jun 2025 17:03
URI:	http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/128437

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