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

Author: Silver, Nate, 1978-

Publisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012.

ISBN: 9781594204111 (hbk.)
159420411X (hbk.)

Description: 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Subject: Forecasting.
Forecasting Methodology.
Forecasting History.
Bayesian statistical decision theory.
Knowledge, Theory of.

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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