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Numbers rule your world : the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do / Kaiser Fung.
Author
Fung, Kaiser
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Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : McGraw-Hill, ©2010.
Description
xv, 208 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
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Available Online
O'Reilly Online Learning: Academic/Public Library Edition
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Engineering Library - Stacks
HA29 .F845 2010
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Summary note
What are the odds you will win the lottery? How long will your kids wait in line at Disney World? Who decides that "standardized tests" are fair? Why do highway engineers build slow moving ramps? What does it mean, statistically, to be an "Average Joe"? In the popular tradition of eye opening bestsellers like Freakonomics, The Tipping Point, and Super Crunchers, this book from a renowned statistician and blogger takes you inside the hidden world of facts and figures that affect you every day, in every way. These are the statistics that rule your life, your job, your commute, your vacation, your food, your health, your money, and your success. This is how engineers calculate your quality of living, how corporations determine your needs, and how politicians estimate your opinions. These are the numbers you never think about, even though they play a crucial role in every single aspect of your life.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
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 cloak of being asymmetric
Jet crashes are to jackpots : the power of being impossible
Conclusion.
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ISBN
9780071626538 ((alk. paper))
0071626530
LCCN
2009051809
OCLC
426811960
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