The signal and the noise : (Record no. 4502)
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| fixed length control field | 01477nam a22001697a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 978-1-59420-411-1 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Edition number | 23 |
| Classification number | 519.542 |
| Item number | NAT |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nate silver |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The signal and the noise : |
| Remainder of title | Why so many predictions fail - but some don't / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Nate Silver. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st ed. |
| Remainder of edition statement | 2012. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York. |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | The penguin Press; |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 534 p . ; |
| Other physical details | hardbound |
| Dimensions | 16x25cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | 1. A catastrophic failure of prediction<br/>2. Are you smarter than a television pundit?<br/>3. All I care about is w's and L's<br/>4. For years you've been telling us that rain is green<br/>5. Desperately seeking signal<br/>6. How to drown in three feet of water<br/>7. Role models<br/>8. Less and less and less wrong<br/>9. Rage against the machines<br/>10. The poker bubble<br/>11. If you cant beat em<br/>12. A climate of healthy skepticism<br/>13. What you dont know can hurt you. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | Human beings have to make plans and strategize for the future. As the place of our lives becomes faster and faster, we have to do so more often and more quickly. But are our predictions any good? Is there hope for improvement?<br/>In The Signal and the noise, Nate Silver examines the world of prediction, investigating how we can distinguish a true signal from a universe of noisy, ever-increasing data. Many predictions fail, often at great cost to society, because most of us have a poor understanding of probability and uncertainty. |
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| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | Non-fiction | Tetso College Library | Tetso College Library | Science and Technology | 06/04/2018 | 0.00 | 519.542 NAT | 7897 | 06/04/2018 | 06/04/2018 | Books |