| Descript |
534 s. : ill. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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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 |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
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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 yov've been telling us that rain is green -- Desperately seeking signal -- How to deovn 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 |
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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 |
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Forecasting
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Forecasting -- Methodology
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Forecasting -- History
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Bayesian statistical decision theory
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Knowledge, Theory of
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Forecasting
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Forecasting -- methods
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Bayes Theorem
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Spelteori
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Sannolikhetskalkyl
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Prognoser -- metodik
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Prognoser -- historia
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| Classmark |
519.542
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Thac
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| ISBN/ISSN |
9781594204111 |
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