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

Everyday Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War
ISBN-10
184816033X
ISBN-13
9781848160330
Category
Mathematics
Pages
223
Language
English
Published
2008
Publisher
Imperial College Press
Author
M. M. Woolfson

Description

Probability and statistics impinge on the life of the average person in a variety of ways OCo 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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