TY  - BOOK
AU  - Page, Scott E.
TI  - The model thinker: what you need to know to make data work for you 
SN  - 9781541618411
U1  - 001.4226 PAG-S 
PY  - 2018///
CY  - New York
PB  - Basic Books
KW  - Social sciences--Mathematical models
KW  - Social systems--Mathematical models
KW  - Complexity (Philosophy)
KW  - Information visualization
N1  - From 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 spreadsheet 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
ER  -