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 forecaster--updated with insights into the pandemic, journalism today, and polling

One of The Wall Street Journal's Ten Best Works of Nonfiction of the Year

"Could turn out to be one of the...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143125087
• ISBN13: 9780143125082
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 576 Pages
• Weight: 1.16 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.4" x 8.3"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 12 and higher

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'.