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Full Record Check this checkbox to mark or unmark the current record AUTHOR Silver, Nate, 1978-. TITLE The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail -- but some don't / Nate Silver. IMPRINT New York : Penguin Press, 2012. DESCRIPTION 534 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. NOTE Includes bibliographical references and index. SUMMARY Silver built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and became a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, Silver examines the world of prediction. SUBJECT Bayesian statistical decision theory. SUBJECT Forecasting -- History. SUBJECT Forecasting -- Methodology. SUBJECT Forecasting. SUBJECT Knowledge, Theory of. DISCIPLINE Integrated Science. DISCIPLINE Physics. OTHER TITLE Why so many predictions fail but some do not. ISBN 9781594204111 (hbk.). Location Call Number Status English Book Collection 519.542 SIL Available 在館