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Taking Chances
Winning with Probability
Taschenbuch von John Haigh
Sprache: Englisch

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Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link," plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.
Taking Chances presents an entertaining and fascinating exploration of probability, revealing traps and fallacies in the field. It describes and analyzes a remarkable variety of situations where chance plays a role, including football pools, the Lottery, TV games, sport, cards, roulette, coins, and dice. The book guides the reader round common pitfalls, demonstrates how to make better informed decisions, and shows where the odds can be unexpectedly in your favor. This new edition has been fully updated, and includes information on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" and "The Weakest Link," plus a new chapter on Probability for Lawyers.
Über den Autor
John Haigh is Reader in Statistics at the University of Sussex. His interest in probability was awakened by various card games, and he has made a particular study of lotteries, cards, and dice.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: What is probability?

  • 2: Lotteries

  • 3: Football Pools, Premium Bonds

  • 4: One coin, many games

  • 5: Dice

  • 6: Games with few choices

  • 7: Waiting, waiting, waiting

  • 8: Let's play best of three

  • 9: TV games

  • 10: Casino games

  • 11: Bookies, the Tote, spread betting

  • 12: This sporting life

  • 13: Lucky for some--miscellenea

  • 14: Probability for lawyers

  • Appendix I: Counting

  • Appendix II: Probability

  • Appendix III: Averages and variability

  • Appendix IV: Goodness-of-fit tests

  • Appendix V: The Kelly strategy

  • Solutions to Test Yourself quizzes

  • Literature cited

  • Index

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Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198526636
ISBN-10: 0198526636
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Haigh, John
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: John Haigh
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.08.2003
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
Artikel-ID: 102720343
Über den Autor
John Haigh is Reader in Statistics at the University of Sussex. His interest in probability was awakened by various card games, and he has made a particular study of lotteries, cards, and dice.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
  • 1: What is probability?

  • 2: Lotteries

  • 3: Football Pools, Premium Bonds

  • 4: One coin, many games

  • 5: Dice

  • 6: Games with few choices

  • 7: Waiting, waiting, waiting

  • 8: Let's play best of three

  • 9: TV games

  • 10: Casino games

  • 11: Bookies, the Tote, spread betting

  • 12: This sporting life

  • 13: Lucky for some--miscellenea

  • 14: Probability for lawyers

  • Appendix I: Counting

  • Appendix II: Probability

  • Appendix III: Averages and variability

  • Appendix IV: Goodness-of-fit tests

  • Appendix V: The Kelly strategy

  • Solutions to Test Yourself quizzes

  • Literature cited

  • Index

Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2003
Genre: Importe, Wirtschaft
Rubrik: Recht & Wirtschaft
Medium: Taschenbuch
Inhalt: Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13: 9780198526636
ISBN-10: 0198526636
Sprache: Englisch
Ausstattung / Beilage: Paperback
Einband: Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor: Haigh, John
Hersteller: OUP Oxford
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Deutsche Bibelgesellschaft, Postfach:81 03 40, D-70567 Stuttgart, vertrieb@dbg.de
Maße: 198 x 129 x 21 mm
Von/Mit: John Haigh
Erscheinungsdatum: 05.08.2003
Gewicht: 0,412 kg
Artikel-ID: 102720343
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