Data, Information & Analytics

An eclectic mix of books that focus on quant and what we can learn from numbers.

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1	The Tipping Point: How Little Things Can Make a Big Difference by Malcolm Gladwell 3.99 avg rating — 762,669 ratings score: 495, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many Predictions Fail—But Some Don't by Nate Silver 3.97 avg rating — 47,788 ratings score: 488, and 5 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything by Steven D. Levitt really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 793,216 ratings score: 295, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 407,484 ratings score: 289, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Predictably Irrational: The Hidden Forces That Shape Our Decisions by Dan Ariely 4.12 avg rating — 115,371 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	Dataclysm: Who We Are (When We Think No One's Looking) by Christian Rudder 3.74 avg rating — 11,503 ratings score: 196, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Moneyball: The Art of Winning an Unfair Game by Michael Lewis 4.25 avg rating — 117,819 ratings score: 193, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
8	Naked Statistics: Stripping the Dread from the Data by Charles Wheelan 3.95 avg rating — 12,287 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Humanizing Big Data: Marketing at the Meeting of Data, Social Science & Consumer Insight by Colin Strong (Goodreads Author) 3.72 avg rating — 40 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Mathematical Corporation: Where Human Ingenuity and Thinking Machines Design the Future by Joshua Sullivan 3.40 avg rating — 151 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	Presenting Data Effectively: Communicating Your Findings for Maximum Impact by Stephanie D.H. Evergreen (Goodreads Author) 4.33 avg rating — 108 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	Fooled by Randomness: The Hidden Role of Chance in Life and in the Markets by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 57,366 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Long Tail: Why the Future of Business is Selling Less of More by Chris Anderson (Goodreads Author) 3.81 avg rating — 29,059 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-first Century by Thomas L. Friedman 3.68 avg rating — 101,963 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Patient Will See You Now: The Future of Medicine is in Your Hands by Eric J. Topol 3.78 avg rating — 1,275 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	The Creative Destruction of Medicine: How the Digital Revolution Will Create Better Health Care by Eric J. Topol 3.90 avg rating — 1,025 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	The Lady Tasting Tea: How Statistics Revolutionized Science in the Twentieth Century by David Salsburg 3.90 avg rating — 1,636 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Bringing Down the House: The Inside Story of Six M.I.T. Students Who Took Vegas for Millions by Ben Mezrich (Goodreads Author) 3.91 avg rating — 23,905 ratings score: 96, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
19	Big Data: A Revolution That Will Transform How We Live, Work, and Think by Viktor Mayer-Schönberger 3.68 avg rating — 8,343 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
20	Predictive Analytics: The Power to Predict Who Will Click, Buy, Lie, or Die by Eric Siegel 3.67 avg rating — 1,993 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars