The signal and the noise (Record no. 50213)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20180919132450.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781846147524 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 519.542 SIL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nate Silver |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The signal and the noise |
| Remainder of title | : the art and science of prediction |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | /Nate Silver |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | London |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Allen Lane |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2012. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 534 pages |
| Dimensions | ; 23 cm |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Contents note | A catastrophic failure of prediction --<br/>Are you smarter than a television pundit? --<br/>All I care about is W's and L's --<br/>For years you've been telling us that rain is green --<br/>Desperately seeking signal --<br/>How to frown in three feet of water --<br/>Role models --<br/>Less and less and less wrong --<br/>Rage against the machines --<br/>The poker bubble --<br/>If you can't beat 'em ... --<br/>A climate of healthy skepticism --<br/>What you don't know can hurt you. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | <br/>Every time we choose a route to work, decide whether to go on a second date, or set aside money for a rainy day, we are making a prediction about the future -- Yet from the global financial crisis to 9/11 to the Fukushima disaster, we often fail to foresee hugely significant events -- In "The Signal and the Noise", the "New York Times'" political forecaster and statistics guru Nate Silver explores the art of |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Forecasting |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Bayesian statistical decision theory |
| Non-focus term | Forecasting--Methodology |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Nate Silver |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | CPACT Library |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| SNU LIBRARY | CPACT Library | 19/09/2018 | 519.542 SIL | CP19 | 19/09/2018 | 19/09/2018 | CPACT Library |
