Screen LibraryThe success equation : untangling skill and luck in business, sports, and investing /
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| Literature type: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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| Carrier Form: | xi, 293 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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9781422184233 (hbk. : alk. paper) : 1422184234 |
| Index Number: | BF637 |
| CLC: | F272 |
| Call Number: | F272/M447 |
| Contents: | Introduction: Sorting the sources of success -- Skill, luck, and three easy lessons -- Why we're so bad at distinguishing skill from luck -- The luck-skill continuum -- Placing activities on the luck-skill continuum -- The arc of skill -- The many shapes of luck -- What makes for a useful statistic? -- Building skill -- Dealing with luck -- Reversion to the mean -- The art of good guesswork. |