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The model thinker : what you need to know to make data work for you

Page, Scott E., author

Overview

From the stock market to genomics laboratories, census figures to marketing email blasts, we are awash with data. But as anyone who has ever opened up a spreadsheet packed with seemingly infinite lines of data knows, numbers aren't enough: we need to know how to make those numbers talk. In The Model Thinker, social scientist Scott E. Page shows us the mathematical, statistical, and computational models--from linear regression to random walks and far beyond--that can turn anyone into a genius. At the core of the book is Page's \"many-model paradigm,\" which shows the reader how to apply multiple models to organize the data, leading to wiser choices, more accurate predictions, and more robust designs. The Model Thinker provides a toolkit for business people, students, scientists, pollsters, and bloggers to make them better, clearer thinkers, able to leverage data and information to their advantage.

• Publisher: Basic Books
• Subject: Information visualization. / Social systems Mathematical models. / Social sciences Mathematical models. / Complexity (Philosophy)
• ISBN: 0465094627, 9780465094622

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Call Number	Copies	Material	Location
QA76.9.I52 P34 2018	1	BOOK	AUTOSTORE