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Probability and Statistics: The Science of Uncertainty (Revised Edition)

Probability and Statistics, Revised Edition deals with the history of probability, describing the modern concept of randomness and examining "pre-probabilistic" ideas of what most people today would characterize as randomness. This revised book documents some historically important...

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Autor principal: Tabak, John
Lenguaje:eng
Publicado: Infobase Publishing 2011
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Acceso en línea:http://cds.cern.ch/record/1413705
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Sumario:Probability and Statistics, Revised Edition deals with the history of probability, describing the modern concept of randomness and examining "pre-probabilistic" ideas of what most people today would characterize as randomness. This revised book documents some historically important early uses of probability to illustrate some very important probabilistic questions. It goes on to explore statistics and the generations of mathematicians and non-mathematicians who began to address problems in statistical analysis, including the statistical structure of data sets as well as the theory of