Super Crunchers

Psychology and sociology have had their day; super crunching is the trend of the future. Yale Law School econometrician Ian Ayres argues that for those in the know, large-scale data analysis and hypothesis testing are already dominant. He proves his point with examples that cut across categories: travel pricing, medical diagnostics, online dating services, screenwriting, baseball, civil liability, gambling, Internet auctions, hiring practices. Super Crunchers not only offers you a sneak peak into these cutting-edge technologies; it provides a wide sampling of what they are teaching us. A thoroughly fascinating statistics tutorial.