bSo much to read, so little time This brief overview of iThe Signal and the Noise itells you what you need to know--before or after you read Nate Silver's book.b p Crafted and edited with care, Worth Books set the standard for quality and give you the tools you need to be a well-informed reader. p This short summary and analysis of iThe Signal and the Noisei by Nate Silver includes br ulliHistorical contextliliChapter-by-chapter summariesliliImportant quotesliliFascinating trivialiliGlossary of termsliliSupporting material to enhance your understanding of the original workliul br About iTiihe Signal and the Noisei by Nate Silver p Drawing on groundbreaking research, i The Signal and the Noisei, written by the founder and editor-in-chief of FiveThirtyEight.com, examines how data has been used in prediction and forecasting, and how to find the true signals--the points that indicate that something will happen--amidst noisy and distracting data. p Addressing different fields of forecasting