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Really enjoyed this book, which is not surprising since I've enjoyed much of Nate Silver's work at fivethiryeight. I read this book with a book club, but missed several of the meetings discussing it, which is a shame because it's a great book to talk about with others. Silver does an excellent job explaining how predictions work, and walking through examples of different types of predictions. The recommended Baynesian analysis makes a lot of sense and seems like it should have broad applicabilit
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Starts great, but I think becomes too repetitive.
Oct 05, 2012
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