An edition of Rock breaks scissors
(2014)
Rock breaks scissors
a practical guide to outguessing and outwitting almost everybody
First edition.
by William Poundstone
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"Rock breaks scissors is based on a simple principle: people are unable to act randomly. Instead they display unconscious patterns that the savvy person can outguess. The principle applies to friends playing rock, paper, scissors for a bar tab as well as to the crowds that create markets for homes and stocks. With a gift for distilling psychology and behavioral economics into accessible advice, Poundstone proves that outguessing is easy, fun, and often profitable"--Dust jacket flap.
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Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
2015, Little Brown & Company
in English
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Rock Breaks Scissors: A Practical Guide to Outguessing and Outwitting Almost Everybody
2014-06, Little, Brown and Company
paperback
0316371491 9780316371490
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Rock breaks scissors: a practical guide to outguessing and outwitting almost everybody
2014
in English
- First edition.
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Table of Contents
The outguessing machine
The randomness experiment. The zenith broadcast ; How to outguess rock, paper, scissors ; How to outguess multiple-choice tests ; How to outguess the lottery ; How to outguess tennis serves ; How to outguess baseball and football ; How to outguess soccer penalty kicks ; How to outguess card games ; How to outguess passwords ; How to outguess crowd-sourced ratings ; How to outguess fake numbers ; How to outguess manipulated numbers ; How to outguess Ponzi schemes
The hot hand theory. In the zone ; How to outguess basketball bracket pools ; How to outguess office football pools ; How to outguess Oscar pools ; How to outguess big data ; How to outguess retail prices ; How to outguess home prices ; How to outguess the future ; How to outguess the stock market
Fortune's wheel.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-294) and index.
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