Struck by lightning
Subtitle: the curious world of probabilities
By: Jeffrey S. Rosenthal.
Publisher: Joseph Henry Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Subjects: Probabilities.; Random variables.; Chance.; Stochastic processes.
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Surrounded by randomness: probabilities everywhere; title: What are the odds of that? Coincidence and surprise; title: Laying down the law: why casinos always win; title: Dealing the cards: bridge, poker, and blackjack; title: Murder most foul: measuring trends; title: Utility functions: how to make decisions; title: White lab coats: what studies do and don't show; title: Ain't gonna happen: very low probabilities; title: Interlude: the case of the collapsing casino; title: Fifty-one percent to forty-nine percent: the true meaning of polls; title: Nineteen times out of twenty: margins of error; title: Randomness to the rescue: when uncertainty is your friend; title: Evolution, genes, and viruses: randomness in biology; title: That wily Monty Hall: finding probabilities from clues; title: Spam, spam, probability, and spam: blocking unwanted e-mail; title: Ignorance, chaos, and quantum mechanics: causes of randomness; title: Final exam: do you have probability perspective?