Numbers rule your world the hidden influence of probability and statistics on everything you do
WHAT ARE THE ODDS YOU'LL 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”? NUMBERS RULE YOUR WORLD In the popular trad...
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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New York :
McGraw-Hill
[2010]
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| Edición: | 1st edition |
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009627806006719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- 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.
