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“The numbers have no way of speaking for themselves. We speak for them. We imbue them with meaning” —Nate Silver in The Signal and the Noise

Nathaniel Silver (born 1978) is an American statistician, writer, and poker player who analyses baseball, basketball, and elections. He is the founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight and a Special Correspondent for ABC News. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_Silver

 

The Signal and the Noise: Why Most Predictions Fail – but Some Don't is a 2012 book by Nate Silver detailing the art of using probability and statistics as applied to real-world circumstances. The book includes case studies from baseball, elections, climate change, the 2008 financial crash, poker, and weather forecasting. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Signal_and_the_Noise

 

Portrait of American statistician Nate Silver at SXSW in Austin, Texas by Randy Stewart on Wikimedia Commons w.wiki/5Ccy

 

 

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