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| 材料类型: | 互联网资源 |
|---|---|
| 文件类型: | 书, 互联网资源 |
| 所有的著者/提供者: |
Jeffrey S Rosenthal |
| ISBN: | 0309097371 9780309097376 0309097347 9780309097345 |
| OCLC号码: | 62742569 |
| 注意: | Includes index. |
| 描述: | 264 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. |
| 内容: | Surrounded by randomness: probabilities everywhere -- What are the odds of that? Coincidence and surprise -- Laying down the law: why casinos always win -- Dealing the cards: bridge, poker, and blackjack -- Murder most foul: measuring trends -- Utility functions: how to make decisions -- White lab coats: what studies do and don't show -- Ain't gonna happen: very low probabilities -- Interlude: the case of the collapsing casino -- Fifty-one percent to forty-nine percent: the true meaning of polls -- Nineteen times out of twenty: margins of error -- Randomness to the rescue: when uncertainty is your friend -- Evolution, genes, and viruses: randomness in biology -- That wily Monty Hall: finding probabilities from clues -- Spam, spam, probability, and spam: blocking unwanted e-mail -- Ignorance, chaos, and quantum mechanics: causes of randomness -- Final exam: do you have probability perspective? |
| 责任: | Jeffrey S. Rosenthal. |
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摘要:
Deconstructs the odds and oddities of chance, examining both the relevant and irreverent role of randomness in our everyday lives. This book explains the mechanics of randomness and teaches us how to develop an informed perspective on probability.
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