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Super crunchers : why thinking-by-numbers is the new way to be smart /
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| Author |
Ayres, Ian.
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| Call Number |
519.5 AYR |
| Publisher |
New York : Bantam Books, |
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Subject
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Statistics.
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Regression analysis.
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Sampling (Statistics)
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Standard deviations.
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| URL |
http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0715/2007013804.html |
| Title Statement |
Super crunchers : why thinking-by-numbers is the new way to be smart / Ian Ayres. |
| Description |
260 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
| Contents |
Introduction : the rise of the super crunchers -- Who's doing your thinking for you? -- Creating your own data with the flip of a coin -- Government by chance -- How should physicians treat evidence-based medicine? -- Experts vs. equations -- Why now? -- Are we having fun yet? -- The future of intuition (and expertise). |
| Notes |
Some copies have 307 pages. |
| Bibliography Note |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN |
9780553805406 (hardcover) |
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0553805401 (hardcover) |
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9780553384734 (pbk.) |
| LCCN |
2007013804 |
| Hold Requests |
0 |
| Bib No. |
1106109 |
