The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail-But Some Don't

By Nate Silver

Book Overview

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The groundbreaking exploration of probability and uncertainty that explains how to make better predictions in a world drowning in data, from the nation's foremost political... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 159420411X
• ISBN13: 9781594204111
• Release Date: January 2012
• Publisher: Penguin Press
• Length: 544 Pages
• Weight: 1.81 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.6" x 1.2" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Slogfest

The topic of this book is very interesting to me which is why I was shocked at how painful it was to slog through. Not appropriate for students with talk of 'wet dreams'.