The Power of Our Predictions: Optimizing the Value of Data

Overview

Illuminating the chasm between study and decision making in practice, John Davis insists: “The marriage of academic study and commercial practice holds dramatic benefits for both.” Now, in this introduction to information and the insight it can bring, he lays out the reasons why the meaning and structure of our information directly relates to its value for businesses, governments, and individuals who need to get it right the first time. All data, he reminds us, are not created equal.