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This introduction to probability theory transforms a highly abstract subject into a series of coherent concepts. Its extensive discussions and clear examples, written in plain language, expose students to the rules and methods of probability. Suitable for an introductory probability course, this volume requires abstract and conceptual thinking skills and a background in calculus. Topics include classical probability, set theory, axioms, probability...
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This book was written with a dual purpose: first, the author was motivated to relieve his distress over the faulty conclusions drawn from the frequent misuse of relatively simple statistical tools such as percents, graphs, and averages. Second, his objective was to create a nontechnical book that would help people make better-informed decisions by increasing their ability to judge the quality of statistical evidence. This volume achieves both, serving...
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Statistics has been derived from the Latin word 'status, an Italian word 'statist' or a German word 'Statistic', all of which means a 'political state'. The use of statistics has been employed in various fields like biostatics, agriculture, economics, sociology, business management etc.
The field of statistics is not afresh, and its beginning can be dated back to the times of the beginning of the human activities. However, the utilization of statistics...
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¿Qué probabilidad hay de que llueva mañana? ¿Y de sufrir una caída? ¿Cambia esa probabilidad según mi edad y mi sexo? ¿Debo preocuparme si he dado positivo en una prueba para detectar una enfermedad rara? ¿Qué hay detrás de todas estas preguntas? Pues esta última es la más rápida de responder: la estadística y la probabilidad.
Datos, números, porcentajes y gráficos se han adueñado de nuestro día a día y se han convertido en indispensables...
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Get the Summary of Steven D. Levitt & Stephen J. Dubner's Freakonomics in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary & not the original book.
Original book introduction: Which is more dangerous, a gun or a swimming pool? What do schoolteachers and sumo wrestlers have in common? Why do drug dealers still live with their moms? How much do parents really matter? How did the legalization of abortion affect the rate of violent crime?
These may not sound...
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An investigation of the logical foundations of the theory behind Markov random processes, this text explores subprocesses, transition functions, and conditions for boundedness and continuity. Rather than focusing on probability measures individually, the work explores connections between functions. An elementary grasp of the theory of Markov processes is assumed. Starting with a brief survey of relevant concepts and theorems from measure theory, the...
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This book is an integrated work published in two volumes. The first volume treats the basic Markov process and its variants; the second, semi-Markov and decision processes. Its intent is to equip readers to formulate, analyze, and evaluate simple and advanced Markov models of systems, ranging from genetics and space engineering to marketing. More than a collection of techniques, it constitutes a guide to the consistent application of the fundamental...
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Thorough, lucid coverage of permutations and factorials, probabilities and odds, frequency interpretation, mathematical expectation, decision making, postulates of probability, rule of elimination, binomial distribution, geometric distribution, standard deviation, law of large numbers, and much more. Exercises with some solutions. Summary. Bibliography. Includes 42 black-and-white illustrations. 1973 edition.
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Chance continues to govern our lives in the 21st Century. From the genes we inherit and the environment into which we are born, to the lottery ticket we buy at the local store, much of life is a gamble. In business, education, travel, health, and marriage, we take chances in the hope of obtaining something better. Chance colors our lives with uncertainty, and so it is important to examine it and try to understand about how it operates in a number...
51) Graphs Don't Lie
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Sarah Palin, abortions, global warming and Usain Bolt. The CEO of Apple, 35 trillion gun deaths in 1995, Fox News and 193%. This book has got scandals galore!
With 9 witty chapters taking you on a roller coaster tour of graphical lies, pictorial deceits and pie charts of mayhem, this might just be the most entertaining book about graphs you'll read this year.
Did you know that between them, Sarah Palin, Mike Huckabee and Mitt Romney enjoyed a total...
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While most mathematical examples illustrate the truth of a statement, counterexamples demonstrate a statement's falsity. Enjoyable topics of study, counterexamples are valuable tools for teaching and learning. The definitive book on the subject in regards to probability, this third edition features the author's revisions and corrections plus a substantial new appendix.
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Concise advanced-level introduction to stochastic processes that frequently arise in applied probability. Largely self-contained text covers Poisson process, renewal theory, Markov chains, inventory theory, Brownian motion and continuous time optimization models, much more. Problems and references at chapter ends. Bibliography. 1970 edition.
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Dans ce livre, les hypothèses théoriques des sujets mathématiques suivants sont présentées :
successions numériques
série numérique
calcul combinatoire
statistiques élémentaires
Chaque sujet est traité en mettant l'accent sur les applications pratiques et en résolvant quelques exercices significatifs.
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REA's Essentials provide quick and easy access to critical information in a variety of different fields, ranging from the most basic to the most advanced. As its name implies, these concise, comprehensive study guides summarize the essentials of the field covered. Essentials are helpful when preparing for exams, doing homework and will remain a lasting reference source for students, teachers, and professionals. Business Statistics I includes descriptive...
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This comprehensive text covers both applied and theoretical branches of matrix algebra in the statistical sciences. It also provides a bridge between linear algebra and statistical models. Appropriate for advanced undergraduate and graduate students, the self-contained treatment also constitutes a handy reference for researchers. The only mathematical background necessary is a sound knowledge of high school mathematics and a first course in statistics....
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En este libro se presentan los supuestos teóricos de los siguientes temas matemáticos:
sucesiones numéricas
serie numérica
cálculo combinatorio
estadística elemental
Cada tema se trata haciendo hincapié en las aplicaciones prácticas y resolviendo algunos ejercicios significativos.
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Among probability theorists, a bitter controversy has raged for decades between the adherents of John Maynard Keynes' A Treatise on Probability (1921) and those of Richard von Mises' "Grundlagen der Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung" (1919). Keynes declared that probabilities measure the extent to which a so-called evidence proposition supports another sentence. Von Mises insisted that they measure the relative frequency with which the members of a so-called...
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Todos los temas matemáticos relacionados con la estadística se presentan en este libro:calculo combinatorioprobabilidad y estadistica elementalvariables aleatoriasdistribuciones de probabilidad continuas y discretasteoría de estimación y prueba de hipótesisregresión e inferencia bayesianaprocesos estocásticos
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