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Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: AudiobookHub Recommendation
Chapter 2: Super crunching finds uses in a broad array of fields, including wine trading and baseball too.
Chapter 3: Regression is a super crunching analytical method that lets you predict future events and reveal past patterns more clearly.
Chapter 4: Randomized testing is a super crunching tool that proves effective in medical and business research.
Chapter 5: Governments and NGOs can harness randomized testing to decide which policies to implement.
Chapter 6: Super crunching is more reliable than traditional human expertise because all people are dogged by personal biases.
Chapter 7: Super crunching reshapes the role of traditional experts, yet it doesn’t make them useless.
Description
From building a wine cellar to finding your happily ever after, modern life is increasingly ruled by number crunching and algorithms. Super Crunchers (2007) is about the sheer power of the large data sets that are fed into algorithms and the way they’re revolutionizing our businesses, medical treatment and even our governments.
Who Should Listen
- Anyone interested in the power of statistics
- Computer and math nerds
- Business owners, politicians and baseball coaches