Everyday Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War - Couverture rigide

Woolfson, Michael Mark

 
9781848160316: Everyday Probability and Statistics: Health, Elections, Gambling and War

Synopsis

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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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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