TY - BOOK AU - Silver,Nate TI - The signal and the noise: why most predictions fail but some don't SN - 9781594204111 AV - CB158 .S54 2012 U1 - 519.5/42 23 PY - 2012/// CY - New York PB - Penguin Press KW - Forecasting KW - Methodology KW - History KW - Bayesian statistical decision theory KW - Knowledge, Theory of KW - sears KW - Theory of knowledge N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - 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 ER -