Probability and statistics : the science of uncertainty
Tabak, John2004
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The historical development of probability and statistics as well as the modern applications of these ideas, the use of probability in modern safety analysis and phone networks, and the use of statistics in epidemiology and acturial science.
Main title:
Probability and statistics : the science of uncertainty / by John Tabak
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Imprint:
New York Facts on File 2004
Collation:
226 p. illustrations
Audience:
Secondary
Contents:
The idea of randomness - The nature of chance - Surprising insights into probability and its uses - Randomness in a deterministic universe - Random processes - Probability as a mathematical discipline - Three applications of the theory of probability - The age of information - The beginning of statistics - Data analysis and the problem of precision - The birth of modern statistics - The theory of sampling - Three applications of statistics
ISBN:
0816049564 (hbk)
Dewey class:
519 PRO
Local class:
519
Language:
English
BRN:
68755
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