Numbers rule your world : the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do / Kaiser Fung.
By: Fung, Kaiser.
New York : McGraw-Hill, 2010Description: xv, 208 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.ISBN: 9780071626538 (alk. paper).Subject(s): Statistics -- Social aspects | Probabilities -- Social aspectsGenre/Form: Print books.Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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On Shelf | HA29 .F845 2010 (Browse shelf) | Available | AU0000000008972 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- Fast passes are to slow merges : the discontent of being averaged -- Bagged spinach is to bad score : the virtue of being wrong -- Item bank is to risk pool : the dilemma of being together -- Timid testers are to magic lassos : the sway of being asymmetric -- Jet crashes are to jackpots : the power of being impossible -- Conclusion.