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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 present a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and sta...
| Cote: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Format: | Électronique eBook |
| Langue: | Inglés |
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London : Singapore ; Hackensack, NJ :
Imperial College Press ; Distributed by World Scientific Pub.,
©2008.
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| Accès en ligne: | Texto completo |
| Résumé: | 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 present a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways. |
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| Description: | Includes index. |
| Description matérielle: | 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| ISBN: | 9781848160330 184816033X 1848160313 1848160321 9781848160316 9781848160323 1281865788 9781281865786 |