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

By:

Silver, Nate, 1978- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New York : Penguin Press, 2012Description: pages cmContent type:

text

Media type:

unmediated

Carrier type:

volume

Audience:

General

ISBN:

9781594204111

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

519.5/42 23
519.5 15

LOC classification:

CB158 .S54 2012

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.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Idaho Springs Public Library	ANF	519.5 SIL (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	30404100062569

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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