Chance Rules

An Informal Guide to Probability, Risk and Statistics
Softcover Nachdruck of the original 1. Auflage 1999
ISBN: 978-0-387-98768-2
Verlag: Springer-Verlag New York

Buch, Englisch, 202 Seiten, PB, Format (B × H): 155 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 700 g

An entertaining exploration of aspects of chance, risk and probability, ranging from the toss of a coin to the use of clinical trials in medicine and the evaluation of alternative therapies. Aimed at all those who would like to discover more about chance and the way it operates in a variety of settings, the book is written by the prolific author, Professor Brian S. Everitt, Head of the Biostatistics and Computing Department at Kings College, London.

Zielgruppe

Professional/practitioner

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Change Management
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Numerik und Wissenschaftliches Rechnen Angewandte Mathematik, Mathematische Modelle
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Wahrscheinlichkeitsrechnung
• Mathematik | Informatik Mathematik Stochastik Mathematische Statistik
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Management Risikomanagement

Inhaltsverzeichnis

A brief history of chance - What are the chances? assigning probabilities - Choice and chance: permutations and combinations - Tossing coins and having babies - Rolling dice - Gambling for fun: lotteries and football pools - Serious gambling: roulette, cards and horse racing - Balls, birthdays and coincidences - Conditional probability and the Reverend Thomas Bayes - Puzzling probabilities - Taking risks - Statistics, statisticians and medicine - Alternative therapies: panaceas or placebos.