Saturday, May 10, 2014

Nate Silver's The Signal and The Noise

Summary by New Books in Brief

University of Maryland has a First Year Book Program and they choose this book for 2013-14. Read here for chapter summaries and key points, terms and discussion points for each chapter:

NY Times Review:
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/04/books/review/the-signal-and-the-noise-by-nate-silver.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0

The Slate Book Review:
http://www.slate.com/articles/business/books/2012/10/nate_silver_s_book_the_signal_and_the_noise_reviewed_.html

Nate Silver answers viewers questions:
http://freakonomics.com/2012/10/05/fivethirtyeighter-nate-silver-answers-your-questions-about-politics-baseball-and-the-signal-and-the-noise/

"What Nate Silver Gets Wrong" from The New Yorker:
http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2013/01/what-nate-silver-gets-wrong.html

Recent interview with Nate Silver (March 2014):
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/03/nate-silver-interview-fivethirtyeight-espn.html


Nate Silver's Website: 

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