Everyday Probability And Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling And War
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Everyday Probability And Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling And War

Health, Elections, Gambling and War

  1. 236 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Everyday Probability And Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling And War

Health, Elections, Gambling and War

About this book

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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Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Introduction
  3. Chapter 1 The Nature of Probability
  4. Chapter 2 Combining Probabilities
  5. Chapter 3 A Day at the Races
  6. Chapter 4 Making Choices and Selections
  7. Chapter 5 Non-Intuitive Examples of Probability
  8. Chapter 6 Probability and Health
  9. Chapter 7 Combining Probabilities; The Craps Game Revealed
  10. Chapter 8 The UK National Lottery, Loaded Dice, and Crooked Wheels
  11. Chapter 9 Block Diagrams
  12. Chapter 10 The Normal (or Gaussian) Distribution
  13. Chapter 11 Statistics—The Collection and Analysis of Numerical Data
  14. Chapter 12 The Poisson Distribution and Death by Horse Kicks
  15. Chapter 13 Predicting Voting Patterns
  16. Chapter 14 Taking Samples—How Many Fish in the Pond?
  17. Chapter 15 Differences — Rats and IQs
  18. Chapter 16 Crime is Increasing and Decreasing
  19. Chapter 17 My Uncle Joe Smoked 60 a Day
  20. Chapter 18 Chance, Luck, and Making Decisions
  21. Solutions to Problems
  22. Index