by Ian Ayres · Bantam · tapa dura · ISBN 9780553805406
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«Super Crunchers» is Ian Ayres's popular science essay on economics and statistics, published by Bantam in hardback (272 pages, in English).
Economist Ian Ayres shows how companies, governments, and organizations use statistics on large databases to understand and predict human behavior. The journey includes examples such as Google and Amazon's recommendation systems, medical diagnosis, and education, and reflects on the benefits and risks of deciding with numbers versus intuition or experience.
The edition includes bibliographic references (pages 221-247) and an index.
Recommended for readers interested in economics, applied statistics, and the impact of data on decision-making.
