text The model thinker : what you need to know to make data work for you
- Summary
- "We confront no end of complex problems: why is inequality on the rise? Why are more and more Americans clinically obese? Does a racially diverse team make better decisions? How can we predict the outcomes of elections? At the same time, we find o... Read more
- Contents
- The many-model thinker -- Why model? -- The science of many models -- Modeling human actors -- Normal distributions : the bell curve -- Power-law distributions : long tails -- Linear models -- Concavity and convexity -- Models of value and power -... Read more
- Format
- text
- Description
- xiii, 427 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Publisher
- Basic Books 2018
| Library | Location | Status |
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| Woodmere (Main Branch) | 001.4 PAG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |
| Library | Location | Status |
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| TADL-WOOD | 001.4 PAG in Adult Non-fiction | Available |