Chance Rules
an informal guide to probability, risk, and statistics
Published on 2. October 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
XIV, 202 pages
978-1-4612-7440-7 (ISBN)
Description
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.
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Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1999
Language
English
Place of publication
New York, NY
United States
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Professional/practitioner
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Illustrations
biography
Dimensions
Height: 23.5 cm
Width: 15.5 cm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4612-7440-7 (9781461274407)
DOI
10.1007/978-1-4612-2164-7
Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
New editions
Book
01/2008
2nd Edition
Springer
€27.00
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Additional editions
Book
08/1999
Springer
€85.55
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Content
A Brief History of Chance * Tossing Coins and Having Babies * Rolling Dice * Gambling for Fun: Lotteries and Football Pools * Serious Gambling: Roulette, Cards and Horse Racing * Birthdays and Coincidences * Conditional Probability and the Reverend Thomas Bayes * Puzzling Probabilities * Taking Risks * Statistics, Statisticians and Medicine * Alternative Therapies-Paneceas of Placebos? * Chance in Nature * What is Chance?