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Everyday probability and statistics : health, elections, gambling and war /
Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways - as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to give a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statist...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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London, UK : Singapore :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
©2012.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Everyday probability and statistics : |b health, elections, gambling and war / |c Michael M. Woolfson. |
| 260 | |a London, UK : |b Imperial College Press ; |a Singapore : |b Distributed by World Scientific Pub., |c ©2012. | ||
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| 505 | 0 | 0 | |g Machine generated contents note: |g ch. 1 |t Nature of Probability -- |g 1.1. |t Probability and Everyday Speech -- |g 1.2. |t Spinning a Coin -- |g 1.3. |t Throwing or Spinning Other Objects -- |t Problems 1 -- |g ch. 2 |t Combining Probabilities -- |g 2.1. |t Either-or Probability -- |g 2.2. |t Both-and Probability -- |g 2.3. |t Genetically Inherited Disease -- Just Gene Dependent -- |g 2.4. |t Genetically Inherited Disease -- Gender Dependent -- |g 2.5. |t Dice Game -- American Craps -- |t Problems 2 -- |g ch. 3 |t Day at the Races -- |g 3.1. |t Kinds of Probability -- |g 3.2. |t Betting on a Horse -- |g 3.3. |t Best Conditions for a Punter -- |t Problem 3 -- |g ch. 4 |t Making Choices and Selections -- |g 4.1. |t Children Leaving a Room -- |g 4.2. |t Picking a Team -- |g 4.3. |t Choosing an Email Username -- |g 4.4. |t UK National Lottery -- |t Problems 4 -- |g ch. 5 |t Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability -- |g 5.1. |t Birthday Problem -- |g 5.2. |t Crown and Anchor -- |g 5.3. |
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