The signal and the noise the art and science of prediction /: the art and science of prediction. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Nate Silver.
• Other Names: Silver, Nate, 1978-
• 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.
• Publisher Details: London : Penguin Books
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 519.5/42; Popular mathematics; Forecasting; Forecasting -- Methodology; Forecasting -- History; Bayesian statistical decision theory; Knowledge, Theory of; Bayesian statistical decision theory; Forecasting; Forecasting -- Methodology; Knowledge, Theory of; Electronic books (Kindle); Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781846147531; 1846147530
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references.; Note: Electronic resource.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.