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The signal and the noise

Author
Silver, Nate, 1978-

 

Publisher
New York : Penguin Press, 2012.
Description
p. cm
Call #
519.542 S
Summary
The founder of FiveThirtyEight.com challenges myths about predictions in subjects ranging from the financial market and weather to sports and politics, profiling the world of prediction to explain how to distinguish true signals from hype.
Subjects
Forecasting. -- Forecasting Methodology. -- Forecasting History. -- Bayesian statistical decision theory. -- Knowledge, Theory of.
ISBN #
9781594204111

 

ID #
1586624

 

Reviews and Notes

Summary/Annotation ->  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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