The signal and the noise : why so many predictions--fail but some don't / Nate Silver.
By: Silver, Nate.
Material type: TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-514) and index.Description: 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.ISBN: 9781594204111; 159420411X.Subject(s): Forecasting | Forecasting -- Methodology | Forecasting -- History | Bayesian statistical decision theory | Knowledge, Theory ofDDC classification: 519.5/42Item type | Current library | Collection | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 459-514) and index.
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.
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.
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