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"There is much...to enchant the educated novice". -- The New York Times Book Review on The World of Physics"A statistics-appreciation book for the layperson as well as the student". -- Theoni Pappas, author of The Joy of Mathematics This amusing and illuminating book not only demystifies statistics, but entertains. Jeff Weaver serves as a splendid guide walking us through such dreaded terrors as standard deviation and the multiplication rule. In his jocular and inimitable fashion, Weaver covers the most important and practical areas of statistics and applies them to vivid examples in everyday life: from showing how random variables affect your chances of winning Lotto to learning how to select a meaningful random sample. Whether you're considering the validity of a national poll or the virtues of a revolutionary product, this book will prepare you to make informed judgments on the statistical analyses of others, and arm you to conduct some random samplings and polls of your own. Don't be at a disadvantage, hiding behind your fear of numbers, while others benefit on the job and in life. Those who base their decisions on robust statistics and sound probability will have a winning edge on the competition. Conquering Statistics offers an invaluable opportunity to grasp what too long seemed elusive and to turn new found knowledge into personal gain.
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Jeff Weaver, acclaimed co-author of Conquering Mathematics, serves as a splendid guide and raconteur, holding our hand as he painlessly walks us through such dreaded terrors as standard deviation and the multiplication rule. In his jocular and inimitable fashion, the empowers us to face and conquer our fears. Drawing on vivid, humorous examples from everyday life, he deflates the looming threat of statistics, while giving new meaning to a construct such as the bulge of the bell curve. Weaver engagingly covers the most important and practical areas of statistics and applies them to a vast array of circumstances; from showing how random variables affect your chances of winning Lotto to learning how to select a meaningful random sample. Whether you're considering the validity of a national poll or the virtues of a revolutionary and innovative product, this book will prepare you to make informed judgments on the statistical analyses of others, and, moreover, arm you to conduct some random samplings and polls of your own. Don't be at a disadvantage, hiding behind your fear of numbers, while others benefit on the job and in life. In a highly pressured world, those who base their decisions and moves on robust statistics and sound probability will have a winning edge on the competition. Conquering Statistics offers an invaluable opportunity to grasp what too long has seemed elusive and to turn new found knowledge into personal gain.
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- VerlagPerseus Books
- Erscheinungsdatum1997
- ISBN 10 0306455722
- ISBN 13 9780306455728
- EinbandTapa dura
- SpracheEnglisch
- Anzahl der Seiten230
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Plenum Publishing Company Limited, 1997
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