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| Author | Nate Silver |
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| Language | English |
| Publisher | Penguin Group |
Publication date | 27 September 2012 |
| Publication place | United States |
| Pages | 534 |
| Awards | Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science (2013) |
| ISBN | 978-1-59-420411-1 |
The Signal and the Noise: Why So Many 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.
The book was the recipient of the 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Society book award in science. It has also been translated into several languages.