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    		• Silver, Nate, 1978- author.
     
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    		• Forecasting.
     
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    		• Forecasting -- Methodology.
     
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    		• Forecasting -- History.
     
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    		• Bayesian statistical decision theory.
     
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    		• Knowledge, Theory of.
     
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    The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail-- but some don't / Nate Silver.
    by Silver, Nate, 1978- author.
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    New York : Penguin Books, 2015.
    Subjects
  • Forecasting.
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  • Forecasting -- Methodology.
    •  
  • Forecasting -- History.
    •  
  • Bayesian statistical decision theory.
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  • Knowledge, Theory of.
    • ISBN: 
    9780143125082 (paperback)
    0143125087 (paperback)
    Description: 
    xvii, 536 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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    Paperback edition.
    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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    The author has built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and has become a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, he examines the world of prediction.
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    Aina Haina Public LibraryAdult Nonfiction519.542 SiChecked InAdd Copy to MyList


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