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.
Rezensionen / Stimmen
From the reviews of the second edition: "This book takes its place in a long line of books on probability directed to nonmathematicians. ... the author gives those readers interested in more details some simple mathematics in various places, with the comment that readers uneasy with mathematics can pass over these details without losing the main thrust, but encourages readers to make the effort. ... readers who try to follow the mathematical details will probably find these to be helpful exercises." (Gerald A. Heuer, Zentralblatt MATH, Vol. 1156, 2009)
Auflage
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Sprache
Verlagsort
Zielgruppe
Für höhere Schule und Studium
Für Beruf und Forschung
Professional/practitioner
Produkt-Hinweis
Illustrationen
33 s/w Abbildungen
33 black & white illustrations, biography
Maße
Höhe: 23.5 cm
Breite: 15.5 cm
Dicke: 11 mm
Gewicht
ISBN-13
978-0-387-98768-2 (9780387987682)
Schweitzer Klassifikation
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.
