Once they acknowledged this factor in their statistical models, it became evident that those films, by themselves, did not do any better at all.

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Finally is a little saying my con law professor at Yale had about judges who dive too deeply into arcana like school-funding ratios or statistical models purporting to show racial discrimination in capital punishments.

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In statistics, the coefficient of determination, denoted R2 and pronounced R squared, is used in the context of statistical models whose main purpose is the prediction of future outcomes on the basis of other related information.

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CNN's projection is based on precincts reporting results, entrance polls and other statistical models -- including the number of votes outstanding in areas where Clinton was expected to do well.

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