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An introduction to probability and statistics at an introductory level.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Dworsky, Lawrence N., 1943- (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2019.
Edition:Second edition.
Subjects:
Prediction theory.
Probabilities > Problems, exercises, etc.
Mathematical statistics > Problems, exercises, etc.
Problems and Exercises
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • An introduction to probability
  • Probability distribution functions and some math basics
  • Building a bell
  • Random walks
  • Life insurance
  • The binomial theorem
  • Pseudorandom numbers and Monte-Carlo simulations
  • Some gambling games in detail
  • Scheduling and waiting
  • Combined and conditional probabilities
  • Bayesian statistics
  • Estimation problems
  • Paradoxes
  • Benford's law
  • Networks, infectious diseases and chain letters
  • Introduction to frequentist statistical inference
  • Statistical mechanics and thermodynamics
  • Chaos and quanta
  • Appendix.