Supercrunchers (edit title)

Shelfari edited the subjects of Supercrunchers 2 weeks ago.

• Added the subject: Subjects > Professional and Technical > Professional Science > Mathematics > Applied > Statistics
• Added the subject: Subjects > Science > Mathematics > Applied > Probability and Statistics
• Added the subject: Subjects > Computers and Internet > Databases > Data Mining
• Added the subject: Subjects > Computers and Internet > Business and Culture > Manager's Guides to Computing
• Added the subject: Subjects > Business and Investing > Industries and Professions > MIS

Shelfari edited the first edition of Supercrunchers Sunday, February 14 2010.

• changed the language: English
• changed the publisher: Bantam Books
• changed the country: USA
• changed the publication date: 2007
• changed the ISBN: 0553805401
• changed the page count: 272

BookCrazy approved Ulrich’s request to combine 10 books, including Supercrunchers, Sunday, February 14 2010.

Ulrich submitted a request to combine 10 books, including Supercrunchers, Thursday, February 11 2010.

Shelfari edited the classification of Supercrunchers Thursday, January 21 2010.

• changed the Dewey Classification: 519.5

Tim W edited the books that influenced this book of Supercrunchers Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Added The Tiger That Isn't: Seeing Through a World of Numbers
• Added Freakonomics

Tim W edited the quotations of Supercrunchers Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Added a quotation: “We are in a historic moment of horse-versus-locomotive competition, where intuitive and experiential expertise is losing out time and time again to number crunching.”

Tim W edited the summary of Supercrunchers Thursday, September 17 2009.

• Technological advances that dramatically reduce the costs of collecting and storing data combined with vast increases in computer processing power has made data driven decision making both more powerful and more feasible.

Shelfari edited the description of Supercrunchers Saturday, August 8 2009.

• An international sensation—and still the talk of the relevant blogosphere—this Wall Street Journal and New York Times business bestseller examines the “power” in numbers. Today more than ever, number crunching affects your life in ways you might not even imagine. Intuition and experience are no longer enough to make the grade. In order to succeed—even survive—in our data-based world, you need to become statistically literate. Cutting-edge organizations are already crunching increasingly larger databases to find the unseen connections among seemingly unconnected things to predict human behavior with staggeringly accurate results. From Internet sites like Google and Amazon that use filters to keep track of your tastes and your purchasing history, to insurance companies and government agencies that every day make decisions affecting your life, the brave new world of the super crunchers is happening right now. No one who wants to stay ahead of the curve should make another keystroke without reading Ian Ayres’s engrossing and enlightening book.

Shelfari edited the contributors of Supercrunchers Thursday, July 23 2009.

• Added a contributor: Ian Ayres: (Primary Author)