The Signal and the Noise <subTitle>Why so many predictions fail-- but some don't</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Silver, Nate</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">5:4</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Penguin Books</publisher> <dateIssued>2020</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>538tr.</extent> <extent>Paperback</extent> <extent>23 cm.</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>The author has built an innovative system for predicting baseball performance, predicted the 2008 election within a hair's breadth, and has become a national sensation as a blogger. Drawing on his own groundbreaking work, he examines the world of prediction...</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Nate Silver</note> <subject> <topic>Knowledge, Theory of</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Method</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Science</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">519.542</classification> <classification authority="ddc">N271-S59</classification> <identifier type="isbn">9780143125082</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12223/511.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/12223/511.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2023-0</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071117.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>