Signal and the Noise : Why So Many Predictions Fail–but Some Don't (Record no. 51120)

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International Standard Book Number 9780143125082
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Classification number 519.542 SIL
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Personal name Silver, Nate
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Title Signal and the Noise : Why So Many Predictions Fail–but Some Don't
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Name of publisher, distributor, etc Penguin
Date of publication, distribution, etc 2020
Place of publication, distribution, etc Randam House USA
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Extent 538
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Summary, etc Drawing on his own groundbreaking work in sports and politics, Nate Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how to seek truth from data. In The Signal and the Noise, Silver visits innovative forecasters in a range of areas, from hurricanes to baseball to global pandemics, from the poker table to the stock market, from Capitol Hill to the NBA. He discovers that what the most accurate ones have in common is a superior command of probability—as well as a healthy dose of humility.<br/><br/>With everything from the global economy to the fight against disease hanging on the quality of our predictions, Nate Silver’s insights are an essential read.
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forecasting
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element Forecasting history
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