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100			_aAyres, Ian _9950
245			_aSuper crunchers: how anything can be predicted
260			_bJohn Murray _aLondon _c2008
300			_a260 P.
365			_aINR _b1150.00
504			_antroduction: the rise of the super crunchers -- Who's doing your thinking for you -- Creating your own data with the flip of a coin -- Government by chance -- How should physicians treat evidence-based medicine -- Experts versus equations -- Why now? -- Are we having fun yet? -- The future of intuition (and expertise)
520			_aWhen would a casino stop a gambler from playing his next hand? How could a company use statistical analysis to blackball you from the job you want? Why should you worry when customer services pay attention to your needs? Beginning with examples of the mathematician who out-predicted wine buffs in determining the best vintages, and the sports scouts who now use statistics rather than intuition to pick winners, Super Crunchers exposes the hidden patterns all around us. No businessperson, academic, student, or consumer (statistically, that's everyone) should make another move without getting to grips with thinking-by-numbers -- the new way to be smart, savvy and statistically superior.
650			_aStatistics _9951
650			_aForecasting--Methodology _9952
650			_aHuman behavior--Mathematical models _9935
650			_aStandard deviations _9953
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