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Title:
Probably not : future prediction using probability and statistical inference
Author:
Dworsky, Lawrence N., 1943- author.
ISBN:
9781119518129

9781119518136

9781119518143

9781119518105
Edition:
Second edition.
Physical Description:
1 online resource
General Note:
Includes index.
Contents:
Introduction -- An introduction to probability -- Probability distribution functions and some math basics -- Building a bell -- Random walks -- Life insurance -- The binomial theorem -- Pseudorandom numbers and Monte-Carlo simulations -- Some gambling games in detail -- Scheduling and waiting -- Combined and conditional probabilities -- Bayesian statistics -- Estimation problems -- Paradoxes -- Benford's law -- Networks, infectious diseases and chain letters -- Introduction to frequentist statistical inference -- Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics -- Chaos and quanta -- Appendix.
Abstract:
An introduction to probability and statistics at an introductory level.
Local Note:
John Wiley and Sons
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