Title:
The signal and the noise : why most predictions fail-- but some don't / Nate Silver.
ISBN:
9781594204111
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Physical Description:
534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
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.
Audience:
1260L Lexile
OCLC Number:
ocn780480483
Availability:
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