The signal and the noise: why so many predictions fail--but some don't

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The founder of FiveThirtyEight.com challenges myths about predictions in subjects ranging from the financial market and weather to sports and politics, profiling the world of prediction to explain how to distinguish true signals from hype.
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The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail--but some don't
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