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ENGRD 312 - Professor Larabee (Spring 2014): Welcome!

Use this guide to research your topics from The Signal and the Noise by Nate Silver.

Welcome!

This guide will help with your research project for ENGRD 312. It highlights library resources that will be useful for this class, explains how to contact a librarian, and provides helpful tips on MLA style. Use the tabs at the top to navigate to each page.

 

Contact a Librarian

Intro to the Library

The signal and the noise : why so many predictions fail-- but some don't / Nate Silver.

Suggested Search Terms for Books and Articles

 

A Sampling of Search Terms for Finding Books and Articles

Try a search with a topic and the words suggested below.

Examples:

wildfire AND forecasting

success and prediction

oil AND forecasting

analysis

assessment

expectancy

forecasts

forecasting

modeling

prediction

prediction models

predictability

probability

projections

research

risk assessment

risks

social prediction

uncertainty