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Numbers rule your world : the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do /

What are the odds you will win the lottery? How long will your kids wait in line at Disney World? Who decides that "standardized tests" are fair? Why do highway engineers build slow moving ramps? What does it mean, statistically, to be an "Average Joe"? In the popular tradition o...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fung, Kaiser
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo (Requiere registro previo con correo institucional)
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction
  • Fast passes are to slow merges : the discontent of being averaged
  • Bagged spinach is to bad score : the virtue of being wrong
  • Item bank is to risk pool : the dilemma of being together
  • Timid testers are to magic lassos : the sway of being asymmetric
  • Jet crashes are to jackpots : the power of being impossible
  • Conclusion.