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Author Silver, Nate, 1978-

Title The signal and the noise : why most predictions fail-- but some don't / Nate Silver.

Publication Info. New York : Penguin Press, 2012.

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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  519.5 SILVER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  519.542 SILVER    Check Shelf
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 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  519.5 SILVER, NATE    Check Shelf
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Description 534 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-514) and index.
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.
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.
Subject Forecasting.
Forecasting -- Methodology.
Forecasting -- History.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
Knowledge, Theory of.
ISBN 9781594204111 hardback $27.95
159420411X hardback
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