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020			_a9781541675711
040			_cIIT Kanpur
041			_aeng
082			_a001.4226 _bP145m
100			_aPage, Scott E.
245			_aThe model thinker _bwhat you need to know to make data work for you _cScott E. Page
250			_aExpanded ed.
260			_bBasic Books _c2018 _aNew York
300			_axv, 445p
520			_aFrom 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 spread sheet 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.
650			_aSocial sciences -- Mathematical models
650			_aSocial systems -- Mathematical models
650			_aComplexity (Philosophy)
650			_aInformation visualization
942			_cBK
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