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The signal and the noise : why most predictions fail-- but some don't
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The signal and the noise : why most predictions fail-- but some don't / Nate Silver.
ISBN
9781594204111 (hbk.)
159420411X (hbk.)
Published
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Physical Description
1 online resource
Summary
Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction.
Variant and related titles
Internet Archive collection.
Format
Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
May 07, 2020
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
A Catastrophic failure of prediction
Are you smarter than a television pundit
All I care about is W's and L's
For years you've been telling us that rain is green
Desperately seeking signal
How to drown in three feet of water
Role models
Less and less and less wrong
Rage against the machines
The poker bubble
If you can't beat 'em
A climate of healthy skepticism
What you don't know can hurt you.
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