| 010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2012027308 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9781594204111 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
159420411X |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)780480483 |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
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| Classification number |
519.542 Sil |
| Item number |
11 |
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84660 |
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84659 |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
519.542 Sil |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Silver, Nate, frey50 |
| 245 14 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
The signal and the noise : |
| Remainder of title |
why so many predictions fail-- but some don't / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Nate Silver. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
534 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. ; |
| Dimensions |
25 cm. |
| 505 0# - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
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. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
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. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Forecasting. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Forecasting |
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Methodology. |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Forecasting |
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History. |
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Bayesian statistical decision theory. |
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Knowledge, Theory of. |
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AJML |
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500 - 599 |
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519.542 Sil |
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11 |