The Resource The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook)
The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook)
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The item The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
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The item The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook) represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Public Libraries of Suffolk County, New York.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9781101595954
- Label
- The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't
- Title
- The signal and the noise
- Title remainder
- why so many predictions fail--but some don't
- Statement of responsibility
- Nate Silver
- Language
- eng
- 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
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1978-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Silver, Nate
- Illustrations
- illustrations
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- CB158
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
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- standards specifications
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Forecasting
- Forecasting
- Forecasting
- Bayesian statistical decision theory
- Knowledge, Theory of
- Label
- The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-514) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- 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
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781101595954
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
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- bc
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- d153847a-0245-4015-8491-0e246155ba86
- Sound
- sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
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- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- (file size: 6.5 MB)
- Label
- The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't, Nate Silver, (electronic resource eBook)
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 459-514) and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier.
- Color
- not applicable
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent.
- 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
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource.
- Form of item
- electronic
- Isbn
- 9781101595954
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia.
- Media type code
-
- bc
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- d153847a-0245-4015-8491-0e246155ba86
- Sound
- sound
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System details
-
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Format: Adobe EPUB
- (file size: 6.5 MB)
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