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Adventures in statistics : how we live in a world of numbers
Abstract
This book is about how statistics play a role in life, whether in business, psychology, biology, economics, or just about anything short of basket weaving. You cannot make a trip to the doctor, watch a football game, or even go to the grocery store without some statistic staring you down.
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Your age, weight, and cholesterol make you a high risk for diabetes … the chance that your team will win the game is 12.5 percent … 4 out of 5 dentists like this toothpaste. What does it all mean? Adventures in Statistics: How We Live in a World of Numbers tells you what all those numbers mean. But the book does not spit out a bunch of mathematical formulas; the book tells stories. Stories that explain statistics through popular culture, sports, and history [...]. (Estratto dal sito dell'editore)
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| Description | *Adventures in statistics : how we live in a world of numbers / Robert T. Stewart. - Cham : Springer, 2024. - 1 testo elettronico (ix, 122 p. : ill.) | |
| ISBN E-Book | 9783031612848 | |
| Series | Copernicus Books : Sparking Curiosity and Explaining the World | |
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| Subjects | 60-XX - Probability theory and stochastic processes [MSC 2020] | |
| 62-XX - Statistics [MSC 2020] | ||
| 62P25 - Applications of statistics to social sciences [MSC 2020] | ||
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Correlations Distributions Literature and Cultural Studies Probabilistic methods Regression Statistics in Social Sciences |
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| Publication place | Cham | |
| Publisher | Springer <editore> | |
| Publication year | 2024 | |
| Thesaurus | 60-XX | |
| 62-XX | ||
| 62P25 | ||
| Applications of statistics to social sciences [MSC 2020] | ||
| Probability theory and stochastic processes [MSC 2020] | ||
| Statistics [MSC 2020] |