Everyday probability and statistics: health, elections, gambling and war
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| Beschreibung: | Includes index Cover -- TOC$Contents -- Introduction -- CH$Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability -- 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech -- 1.2. Spinning a Coin -- 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects -- Problems 1 -- CH$Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities -- 2.1. Eitheror Probability -- 2.2. Bothand Probability -- 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease 8212; Just Gene Dependent -- 2.4. Genetically Dependent Disease 8212; Gender Dependent -- 2.5. A Dice Game 8212;American Craps -- Problems 2 -- CH$Chapter 3 A Day at the Races -- 3.1. Kinds of Probability -- 3.2. Betting on a Horse -- 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter -- Problem 3 -- CH$Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections -- 4.1. Children Leaving a Room -- 4.2. Picking a Team -- 4.3. Choosing an Email Username -- 4.4. The UK National Lottery -- Problems 4 -- CH$Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability -- 5.1. The Birthday Problem -- 5.2. Crown and Anchor -- 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch 8212; That is the Question -- Problems 5 -- - CH$Chapter 6 Probability and Health -- 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment -- 6.2. Testing Drugs -- Problems 6 -- CH$Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed -- 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine -- 7.2. Pontoon 8212;A Card Game -- 7.3. The Throwers Chance of Winning at American Craps -- Problems 7 -- CH$Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels -- 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness -- 8.2. Testing Random Numbers -- 8.3. The UK National Lottery -- 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice -- 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die -- 8.6. The Roulette Wheel -- Problems 8 -- CH$Chapter 9 Block Diagrams -- 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything -- 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer -- 9.3. Histogram Shapes -- 9.4. Lofty and Shorty -- Problem 9 -- CH$Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution -- 10.1. Probability Distributions -- 10.2. The Normal Distribution -- 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation -- 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions -- - 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics -- 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers -- 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers -- 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution -- 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors -- 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution -- 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs -- 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources -- Problems 10 -- CH$Chapter 11 Statistics8212;The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data -- 11.1. Too Much Information -- 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance -- 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics -- Problems 11 -- CH$Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.1. Rare Events -- 12.2. Typing a Manuscript -- 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula -- 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution -- 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London -- 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease -- 12.5.3. Some Further Examples -- Problems 12 -- CH$Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns -- 13.1. Election Polls -- - 13.2. Polling Statistics -- 13.3. Combining Polling Samples -- 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties -- 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting -- Problems 13 -- CH$Chapter 14 Taking Samples8212;How Many Fish in the Pond? -- 14.1. Why do we Sample? -- 14.2. F Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways - as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often, information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to present a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways |
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| 500 | |a - 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics -- 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers -- 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers -- 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution -- 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors -- 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution -- 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs -- 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources -- Problems 10 -- CH$Chapter 11 Statistics8212;The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data -- 11.1. Too Much Information -- 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance -- 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics -- Problems 11 -- CH$Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.1. Rare Events -- 12.2. Typing a Manuscript -- 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula -- 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution -- 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London -- 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease -- 12.5.3. Some Further Examples -- Problems 12 -- CH$Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns -- 13.1. Election Polls -- | ||
| 500 | |a - 13.2. Polling Statistics -- 13.3. Combining Polling Samples -- 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties -- 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting -- Problems 13 -- CH$Chapter 14 Taking Samples8212;How Many Fish in the Pond? -- 14.1. Why do we Sample? -- 14.2. F | ||
| 500 | |a Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways - as is suggested by the title of this book. Very often, information is provided that is factually accurate but intended to present a biased view. This book presents the important results of probability and statistics without making heavy mathematical demands on the reader. It should enable an intelligent reader to properly assess statistical information and to understand that the same information can be presented in different ways | ||
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| spelling | Woolfson, Michael M. 1927-2019 Verfasser (DE-588)133390403 aut Everyday probability and statistics health, elections, gambling and war Michael M. Woolfson London Imperial College Press c2008 1 Online-Ressource (ix, 223 p.) txt rdacontent c rdamedia cr rdacarrier Includes index Cover -- TOC$Contents -- Introduction -- CH$Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability -- 1.1. Probability and Everyday Speech -- 1.2. Spinning a Coin -- 1.3. Throwing or Spinning Other Objects -- Problems 1 -- CH$Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities -- 2.1. Eitheror Probability -- 2.2. Bothand Probability -- 2.3. Genetically Inherited Disease 8212; Just Gene Dependent -- 2.4. Genetically Dependent Disease 8212; Gender Dependent -- 2.5. A Dice Game 8212;American Craps -- Problems 2 -- CH$Chapter 3 A Day at the Races -- 3.1. Kinds of Probability -- 3.2. Betting on a Horse -- 3.3. The Best Conditions for a Punter -- Problem 3 -- CH$Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections -- 4.1. Children Leaving a Room -- 4.2. Picking a Team -- 4.3. Choosing an Email Username -- 4.4. The UK National Lottery -- Problems 4 -- CH$Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability -- 5.1. The Birthday Problem -- 5.2. Crown and Anchor -- 5.3. To Switch or Not to Switch 8212; That is the Question -- Problems 5 -- - CH$Chapter 6 Probability and Health -- 6.1. Finding the Best Treatment -- 6.2. Testing Drugs -- Problems 6 -- CH$Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed -- 7.1. A Simple Probability Machine -- 7.2. Pontoon 8212;A Card Game -- 7.3. The Throwers Chance of Winning at American Craps -- Problems 7 -- CH$Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels -- 8.1. The Need to Test for Fairness -- 8.2. Testing Random Numbers -- 8.3. The UK National Lottery -- 8.4. American Craps with Loaded Dice -- 8.5. Testing for a Loaded Die -- 8.6. The Roulette Wheel -- Problems 8 -- CH$Chapter 9 Block Diagrams -- 9.1. Variation in Almost Everything -- 9.2. A Shoe Manufacturer -- 9.3. Histogram Shapes -- 9.4. Lofty and Shorty -- Problem 9 -- CH$Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution -- 10.1. Probability Distributions -- 10.2. The Normal Distribution -- 10.3. The Variance and Standard Deviation -- 10.4. Properties of Normal Distributions -- - 10.5. A Little Necessary Mathematics -- 10.5.1. Some Special Numbers -- 10.5.2. Powers of Numbers -- 10.6. The Form of the Normal Distribution -- 10.7. Random and Systematic Errors -- 10.8. Some Examples of the Normal Distribution -- 10.8.1. Electric Light Bulbs -- 10.8.2. People on Trolleys and Under-Used Resources -- Problems 10 -- CH$Chapter 11 Statistics8212;The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data -- 11.1. Too Much Information -- 11.2. Another Way of Finding the Variance -- 11.3. From Regional to National Statistics -- Problems 11 -- CH$Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.1. Rare Events -- 12.2. Typing a Manuscript -- 12.3. The Poisson Distribution as a Formula -- 12.4. Death by Horse Kicks -- 12.5. Some Other Examples of the Poisson Distribution -- 12.5.1. Flying Bomb Attacks on London -- 12.5.2. Clustering of a Disease -- 12.5.3. Some Further Examples -- Problems 12 -- CH$Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns -- 13.1. Election Polls -- - 13.2. Polling Statistics -- 13.3. Combining Polling Samples -- 13.4. Polling with More than Two Parties -- 13.5. Factors Affecting Polls and Voting -- Problems 13 -- CH$Chapter 14 Taking Samples8212;How Many Fish in the Pond? -- 14.1. Why do we Sample? -- 14.2. F 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 MATHEMATICS / Probability & Statistics / General bisacsh Statistik Probabilities Statistics Statistik (DE-588)4056995-0 gnd rswk-swf Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (DE-588)4064324-4 gnd rswk-swf (DE-588)4151278-9 Einführung gnd-content Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung (DE-588)4064324-4 s Statistik (DE-588)4056995-0 s DE-604 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 1-84816-032-1 Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe, Paperback 978-1-84816-032-3 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=236135 Aggregator Volltext |
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