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Can I read Masters of Uncertainty : Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth on EtoBox?
Masters of Uncertainty : Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth by Daipha, Phaedra, author is a social science available to read on EtoBox.
What is Masters of Uncertainty : Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth about?
Though we commonly make them the butt of our jokes, weather forecasters are in fact exceptionally good at managing uncertainty. They consistently do a better job calibrating their performance than stockbrokers, physicians, or other decision-making experts precisely because they receive feedback on their decisions in near real time. Following forecasters in their quest for truth and accuracy, therefore, holds the key to the analytically elusive process of decision making as it actually happens.<b
Who reads Masters of Uncertainty : Weather Forecasters and the Quest for Ground Truth?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Daipha, Phaedra, author
- Publisher
- Chicago: The University of Chicago Press
- Published
- 2015
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9780226298689
- Category
- social science
- Subjects
- Science, Sociology, Physics
- Updated
- 2026-03-25